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Strike at Children’s Hospital Oakland to end at 6 a.m. Monday

June 30, 2025

Although the strike is ending, the 1,300 Children’s Hospital Oakland workers represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers will continue their legal fight to try to ultimately reverse UCSF Health’s “integration plan” that is set to take effect July 6.

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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

October 21, 2024

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

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Kaiser Mental Health Strike Information

October 21, 2024

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

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Member Resources: Kaiser Psych-Social Strike

October 19, 2024

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

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

October 18, 2024

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, ...

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

October 17, 2024

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.

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

October 11, 2024

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

October 3, 2024

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

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

October 1, 2024

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.

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NUHW kicks off race for California governor with first candidate forum

October 1, 2024

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 ...

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

September 29, 2024

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 ...

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