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Press release: Kaiser mental health strike: Negotiations resume today as leading social worker professional organization backs strikers

Negotiations resume today as the leading voice for social workers in California backs striking mental health professionals and calls on Kaiser Permanente to address their “critical issues.”

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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 3

We had another day of strong turnout and high energy as we moved our picket lines to Riverside, Woodland Hills, Irvine, and Baldwin Park. 

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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 2

We had another day of strong turnout and high energy as we moved our picket lines to Riverside, Woodland Hills, Irvine, and Baldwin Park. 

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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 1

We had great turnout and lots of energy on our picket lines for Day 1 of our open-ended strike. More than 500 NUHW members walked the picket line at Los ...

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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

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Kaiser Mental Health Strike Information

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

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Member Resources: Kaiser Psych-Social Strike

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

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

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

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 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

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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.

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