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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: April 11, 2025

Our eight fellow workers ended their hunger strike this evening with colleagues and clergy by their side. Over the past five days, they have demonstrated their resolve to make Kaiser finally treat behavioral health care – and those who provide and receive it – with dignity and respect.

Negotiations to resume next week in Kaiser Permanente mental health strike

Eight mental health workers will end their five-day hunger strike at 6 p.m. this evening outside the Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center with clergy and supporters at their side.

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: April 8, 2025

Our hunger strikers are doing well after an exciting second day of their five-day action. The biggest highlight was a visit from Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine.

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: April 7, 2025

Eight workers began a 5-day hunger strike today outside Kaiser’s Los Angeles Medical Center. were joined throughout the day by fellow Kaiser workers, Kaiser patients, Los Angeles Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez, and labor icon Dolores Huerta

Workers at Healdsburg Hospital vote overwhelmingly to join NUHW

NUHW represents workers at every Providence hospital in Northern California after 200 workers at Healdsburg Hospital voted to join our union.

Kaiser mental health professionals launch L.A. hunger strike

Fed up with Kaiser Permanente’s failure to address the needs of patients, mental health professionals will hold a five-day hunger strike beginning April 7.

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: April 2, 2025

We kicked off this week by symbolizing the silencing effect Kaiser’s broken mental health system has on our patients and communities. We know the system is fraught with bureaucracy because we see our patients try to self advocate within it, and even with our support, often fail to get the care they need and deserve.  

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: March 28, 2025

We had a successful action in Bakersfield on Thursday with more than 30 strikers participating, including folks from the Inland Empire, Orange County and Los Angeles.

1,300 Children’s Hospital Oakland workers to rally against UCSF pay cut plan

Workers are protesting the university’s planned integration of the hospital into UCSF Health — a move that would significantly reduce take home pay for workers in the East Bay.

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: March 26, 2025

We had another powerful action today with about 125 people at Kaiser’s Pasadena regional headquarters, including patients, elected officials and community allies. 

Striking workers turn up the heat on Kaiser

Now in the sixth month of the longest mental health strike in California history, behavioral health workers at Kaiser took to the streets this month throughout Southern California.