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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: April 2, 2025

We kicked off this week by symbolizing the silencing effect Kaiser’s broken mental health system has on our patients and communities. We know the system is fraught with bureaucracy because we see our patients try to self advocate within it, and even with our support, often fail to get the care they need and deserve.  

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Press release: Nearly 2,400 mental health professionals at Kaiser Permanente will begin striking at 6 a.m. today throughout Southern California

The open-ended strike is a last resort for caregivers who have fought for years to make Kaiser fix a mental health system so broken that it was fined $50 million in 2023

Kaiser Mental Health Strike Information

Read the press release, see the picket line schedule, and access campaign resources.

Member Resources: Kaiser Psych-Social Strike

Get all the information you need about our strike: picket line schedule, FAQs, hardship funds, and more.

Kaiser Permanente’s mental health professionals to begin open-ended strike 6 a.m. , Monday, October 21

Nearly 2,400 mental health professionals will form picket lines outside Kaiser facilities throughout Southern California demanding that the nation’s largest non-profit HMO fix a mental health system that’s so broken, the state of California fined it $50 million last year.

With Kaiser Mental Health Strike approaching, workers call on state authorities to enforce laws requiring Kaiser to provide care

The strike announcement comes exactly one year after California’s top health regulator fined Kaiser a record $50 million for numerous mental health deficiencies including understaffing its mental health services.

Nearly 2,400 Kaiser Permanente mental health professionals to start open-ended strike Oct. 21

The strike announcement comes exactly one year after California’s top health regulator fined Kaiser a record $50 million for numerous mental health deficiencies including understaffing its mental health services.

Nearly 2,400 Kaiser Permanente mental health professionals authorize open-ended strike

Caregivers in Southern California approved strike authorization after Kaiser rejected proposals to address staffing shortages and provide more time for critical patient care responsibilities

NUHW honors State Senator Scott Wiener and Assemblymember Gail Pellerin as legislators of the year

Both lawmakers accepted their awards during NUHW’s Leadership Conference and pledged to further their efforts to help workers and patients achieve parity for behavioral health care.

NUHW kicks off race for California governor with first candidate forum

After four of the leading candidates for California governor appeared on stage together for the first time at NUHW’s leadership conference, Tony Thurmond was the leading vote-getter in a non-binding straw poll.

In the race for California governor, Thurmond gets high marks from healthcare workers 

In a non-binding straw poll that followed a candidate forum sponsored by the National Union of Healthcare Workers, held in San Francisco Sunday, September 29, NUHW members in attendance and watching remotely from across the state said they preferred Thurmond at this early stage of the race. Watch archived video of the forum at NUHW’s YouTube […]

Watch the NUHW Governor Candidate Forum

In September, two years prior to the mid-term election, NUHW will host a Governor Candidate Forum.
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