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News & Updates

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: March 25, 2025

More than 120 people attended our rally and protest in San Diego today, including Kaiser patients, elected officials and allies from other unions. Several news outlets covered the event/

Striking mental health workers workers to march in Bakersfield, Thursday, March 27

Striking Kaiser Permanente mental health workers from across Southern California will protest and march in Bakersfield Thursday, joined by elected officials and community allies. 

Striking mental health workers workers take fight to Kaiser Permanente’s Pasadena Regional HQ Wednesday, March 26

Striking Kaiser Permanente mental health workers from across Southern California will protest outside Kaiser’s regional headquarters in Pasadena Wednesday joined by patients, elected officials and community allies. 

Striking Kaiser Permanente Therapists, Social Workers and Nurses Take to the Streets in San Diego Tuesday, March 25

It’s been over five months since nearly 2,400 Kaiser Permanente mental health therapists, psychologists, social workers and psychiatric nurses went on strike in Southern California, determined to make Kaiser stop treating mental health care as a second-class service.

Member profile: Valerie Aquinaldo

Aquinaldo, a respiratory therapist at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital, continues her father’s union legacy

NUHW members go all in for Barbara Lee

With Oakland facing a watershed election, NUHW members, many of whom live and work in the city, are knocking on doors to elect the progressive, pro-worker icon as the city’s next mayor.

USC Call Center workers win big raises in new contract

NUHW members held together to beat back the university’s proposed takeaways and keep their free HMO insurance plan.

Rogers Mental Health workers in Los Angeles ratify union contract

The agreement extends a trailblazing contract that includes caseload limits and big raises to Rogers workers in Los Angeles.

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: March 21, 2025

We started Month Six of our strike today with a powerful action outside Kaiser’s Psychiatry Symposium at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Anaheim.

Sanctuary for All Update: February-March 2025

NUHW is working in close collaboration with community and elected allies to protect our communities against the Trump Administration's political and legislative attacks on health care. 

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: March 18, 2025

We had a very positive experience visiting Greg Adams’ church on Sunday. Although Adams wasn’t there, our delegation of about 50 striking workers received a warm welcome from parishioners who expressed support for our cause. 

Statement on the suspension of mediation aimed at settling the Kaiser Southern California Mental Health Strike

Statement by Sal Rosselli, president emeritus of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, on the the suspension of mediation aimed at settling the Kaiser Southern California Mental Health Strike, now in its fifth month “When Kaiser Permanente agreed to Gov. Newsom’s request to enter a focused mediation process, we expected that it would give our […]