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Press release: Exactly one month into strike, therapists will hold simultaneous rallies outside Kaiser headquarters in Pasadena and Oakland

  • November 20, 2024
With a strike by nearly 2,400 Kaiser mental health professionals in Southern California entering its second month Thursday, Kaiser therapists in Northern California will join their striking colleagues for simultaneous noontime rallies outside Kaiser corporate offices in Pasadena and Oakland.
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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 29

  • November 19, 2024
We started Week 5 with new people on the picket lines and a strong showing in Los Angeles after Kaiser and the police blocked the distribution of food boxes on Friday.
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Press release: Kaiser is subject of complaint over severely understaffed hospice services as strike enters fifth week

  • November 18, 2024
Kaiser Permanente’s state-mandated contingency plan for providing timely and appropriate mental health care during an ongoing strike is woefully inadequate, without any detail for how it is providing critical mental health services for its 4.8 million Southern California members.
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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 26

  • November 14, 2024
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas signed a powerful letter on our behalf to Kaiser CEO Greg Adams; Kaiser blocked groceries from being delivered to striking workers; we shine light on Kaiser's "efficiencies"; and of course, there was guacamole.
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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 24

  • November 14, 2024
In a powerful display of strength and solidarity, more than 100 of us from across Southern California — along with allies from other unions — stopped Kaiser from hosting a successful party for major healthcare purchasers last night at Petco Park in San Diego.
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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 22

  • November 12, 2024
Our fourth week on strike began with energetic picket lines, a powerful action in Los Angeles and fresh interest from local media. Reporters from KNBC and Telemundo visited the Anaheim […]
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Press release: State regulator opens enforcement investigation against Kaiser as strike enters fourth week

  • November 11, 2024
Kaiser Permanente’s state-mandated contingency plan for providing timely and appropriate mental health care during an ongoing strike is woefully inadequate, without any detail for how it is providing critical mental health services for its 4.8 million Southern California members.
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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 19

  • November 9, 2024
We are ending the third week of our strike with Kaiser under increasing pressure over how it's treating patients seeking care.
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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 15

  • November 5, 2024
We started the third week of our strike with good energy on the picket lines and strong interest from media and state authorities about Kaiser’s inadequate and incomplete plan to continue providing critical mental health services.
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Press release: Kaiser produces inadequate plan to avoid mass appointment cancellations as mental health strike enters third week

  • November 4, 2024
Kaiser Permanente’s state-mandated contingency plan for providing timely and appropriate mental health care during an ongoing strike is woefully inadequate, without any detail for how it is providing critical mental health services for its 4.8 million Southern California members.
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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 12

  • November 2, 2024
We wrapped up an energetic second week on the picket line with a couple of special guests. At Los Angeles Medical Center, the band Ozomatli performed on the picket line! […]
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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 8

  • October 29, 2024
With our picket lines now starting at 8 a.m., we got a little more sleep and had a little extra energy out on the lines. At LAMC, we got an extra boost from a visit by Congressman Jimmy Gomez and members of Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE).
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