The recent session in Sacramento, which included a visit from the capital city’s mayor, helped equip workers with the tools to build power in the workplace.
By folding Children’s Hospital Oakland into UCSF Health, the university would force NUHW members into different unions with contracts that would result in significantly less take-home pay.
Workers are fighting for fair wages to improve care and end rampant turnover at West Anaheim Medical Center, which racked up more than double the statewide average in patient complaints and state citations.
Now in their seventh month on strike, Kaiser mental health workers are continuing to escalate their fight for a fair contract and mental health parity at California’s largest HMO.
Frontline caregivers at Prime Healthcare’s West Anaheim Medical Center will hold a midday picket line on Tuesday, April 22 to inform community members how the hospital’s below market wages are forcing an exodus of caregivers, compromising patient care.
Everyone is welcomed to participate this Saturday in an 8-mile walk, completely organized by strikers, to further demonstrate our resolve to win a fair contract. So far, about three dozen workers have signed up for the walk
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.
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.
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.
