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Press release: Caregivers to picket USC Verdugo Hills Hospital demanding a contract that provides safe staffing and fair wages and benefits

Wednesday’s picket comes one year after nearly 400 workers formed a union and one month after USC shuttered the hospital’s birthing center.

Press release: National Association of Social Workers calls on Kaiser to “accept the union’s reasonable contract proposals”

The California chapter of the National Association of Social Workers has written a letter to Kaiser Permanente CEO Greg Adams calling on Kaiser to “resume good faith negotiations with NUHW’s ...

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 47

We had an extra good week in San Diego, where several workers were special guests at the Labor Council’s holiday party on Wednesday. They spoke about the strike and got ...

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 45

We had an eventful day on the picket lines, especially in Lancaster, where Kaiser security illegally walked around with a clipboard taking notes on what they saw. Strikers recorded Kaiser’s ...

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 43

Between the National Association of Social Workers and the leaders of the State Senate and Assembly, a growing number of influential stakeholders are telling Kaiser it needs to settle this ...

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 38

This week, State Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire joined Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas in calling on Kaiser CEO Greg Adams to “agree to the union’s reasonable contract proposals.”

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 36

Week Six of our strike is off to a festive start. We had a lot of fun with our Where’s Waldo/Where’s Kaiser theme. Someone on the San Diego line even ...

Press release: Kaiser is violating state law and its own plan to avoid mass appointment cancellations as strike enters sixth week

With a strike by nearly 2,400 Kaiser mental health professionals in Southern California entering its second month Thursday, Kaiser therapists in Northern California will join their striking colleagues for simultaneous ...

Mixed results in November election

NUHW-backed candidates fared well locally, but there will be big challenges to protect workers’ rights on the federal level.

Kaiser strike enters second month with passionate rallies in Pasadena and Oakland

With Kaiser facing increased political pressure to return to the bargaining table, striking workers in Southern California and their counterparts in the north took their message directly to company executives.

News of the Month – November 2024

Read our roundup of the latest labor and healthcare news from top media outlets.

Member profile: Roxanne Bowdoin

Bowdoin, a nursing assistant at Cottonwood Healthcare Center, is an enterprising leader at work and at home.