We sent a powerful message to Kaiser officials today demonstrating our resolve to win a fair contract that will treat us as equals in the Kaiser system and guarantee better access to care for Kaiser patients. About 12 strikers along with four allies, including California Labor Federation President Lorena Gonzalez, blocked West Sunset Boulevard in Los...
Striking Kaiser Permanente mental health workers, members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, will travel from picket lines across Southern California Friday and risk arrest to stage a mass noontime protest in the streets outside Kaiser’s Los Angeles Medical Center, joined by elected, labor and community allies.
With Kaiser trying to claim we're divided because some of us have had to return to work four months into the strike, it's critical that we demonstrate our continued determination to win fair treatment for each other and Kaiser patients.
We commemorated Day 100 of the strike this week with vigils honoring Kaiser patients. Guests on the picket line this week included Congressman Mark Levin and California Labor Federation President Lorena Gonzalez.
The program is geared toward building a pipeline of new organizers for NUHW, and helping members and allies build their organizing skills and determine if they have a future in union organizing.
Gonzalez-Morales, a physical therapy assistant at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in San Pedro, became a leader in the fight for a first contract.
Salaries for workers at Keck Hospital of USC and the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center will increase by an average of 24 percent under the new agreement, which has no takeaways.
