Whether it’s singing, reciting poetry, or defending her colleagues, the mental health counselor at Richmond Area Multi-Services never hesitates to make herself heard.

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The annual mental health advocacy event in Sacramento presented an opportunity for NUHW members to meet peers and inform the public about our ongoing parity work.

Nearly two dozen workers at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center voted to join more than 1,700 of their Keck-USC colleagues as NUHW members.

New agreement includes the highest wage scale of any Kindred hospital in Southern California.

Chanting “Keep OB Open,” dozens of workers protested the closure of Petaluma Valley Hospital’s birthing center and vowed to continue fighting to reopen it.

More than 1,300 NUHW members are preparing for a potential three-day strike after UCSF refused to make movement in contract negotiations following a one-day strike in April.

In a unanimous ruling, an appeals court revived a class-action lawsuit by families of Kaiser Permanente patients who claim they or their loved ones did not receive adequate mental health ...

SB 770 aims to make California the first state to guarantee its residents a standard set of comprehensive, high quality health benefits.

Mental health counselor Allen Kaur is a union steward who understands the power of workers standing together. “It was pretty liberating to see how we closed the gap between management ...

More than 1,300 NUHW members at UCSF Children’s Hospital Oakland have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a three-day strike in response to UCSF’s refusal to bargain in good faith after more ...

Californians now have legal precedent on their side if they sue their insurer to demand mental health treatment that meets the requirements of the state’s mental health parity laws. In ...