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Kaiser comes under fire during Assembly mental health hearing

  • May 19, 2025
Less than 48 hours after NUHW members in Southern California reached an agreement to settle a 196-day strike against Kaiser Permanente, the giant HMO was facing withering criticism during an Assembly hearing on its mental health system.
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NUHW members win new contract after historic 196-day strike

  • May 19, 2025
The new contract for nearly 2,400 Kaiser Permanente workers includes important gains but does not establish full equity for behavioral health within the Kaiser system.
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NUHW members gather in Sacramento for Lobby Day

  • May 16, 2025
With NUHW sponsoring two mental health parity bills, more than fifty members converged on Sacramento for face-to-face meetings with state lawmakers.
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Hospital workers call on UC Regents to stop UCSF’s “Trumpian” plan to cancel union contracts, cut pay

  • May 13, 2025
Workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland are heading to San Francisco this week to urge the University of California Board of Regents to stop UCSF Health from cancelling their union contracts, and forcing them into UC unions.
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Mental health therapists to gather at Capitol for National Union of Healthcare Workers Lobbying Day, Wednesday, May 14 — Mental Health Matters Day

  • May 13, 2025
Psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, and other NUHW members will hold a public gathering with elected officials outside the State Capitol on Mental Health Matters Day.
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Kaiser mental health workers ratify contract after 196-day strike

  • May 8, 2025
After 196-day strike in Southern California, the new contract includes several improvements, including a defined benefit pension, but does not establish full equity for behavioral health within the Kaiser system.
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Tentative agreement reached to end Kaiser mental health strike

  • May 5, 2025
NUHW will review the tentative agreement with its members. NUHW expects to complete the ratification vote by May 8. If ratified, the agreement will have immediate effect.
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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: May 2, 2025

  • May 3, 2025
We were honored for our strike today at Los Angeles City Hall. About a dozen strikers were on hand to accept a special May Day Award from Councilmembers Hugo Soto-Martinez and Eunisses Hernandez. 
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THURSDAY: Children’s Hospital Oakland workers to launch strike vote at May Day rally against UCSF pay cut plan

  • April 30, 2025
Workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland are preparing to go on strike to stop UCSF’s plan to integrate the hospital into UCSF Health — a move that would cost workers their union and at least $7,000 per year in take-home pay.
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Legislature advances mental health parity bills as Kaiser strike hits Day 192

  • April 30, 2025
The Assembly Health Committee on Tuesday voted 12-1 to advance AB 1429, (Bains, D-Delano) that would make it much easier for Kaiser patients to get fully reimbursed for out-of pocket mental health expenses.
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TUESDAY: Assembly to consider mental health bill helping Kaiser patients who have to pay out-of-pocket for care

  • April 28, 2025
The Assembly Health Committee will hear AB 1429, which would require Kaiser to provide full reimbursement for patients paying out-of-pocket for behavioral health services that Kaiser should be providing.
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Member profile: Shantel Nieves

  • April 22, 2025
USC Call Center Scheduler says negotiating her first union contract showed her the power of a union.
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