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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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NUHW members go all in for Barbara Lee

With Oakland facing a watershed election, NUHW members, many of whom live and work in the city, are knocking on doors to elect the progressive, pro-worker icon as the city’s next mayor.

USC Call Center workers save benefits and win raises in new contract

NUHW members held together to beat back the university’s proposed takeaways and keep their free HMO insurance plan.

Rogers Behavioral Health workers in Los Angeles ratify union contract

The agreement extends a trailblazing contract that includes caseload limits and big raises to Rogers workers in Los Angeles.

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: March 21, 2025

We started Month Six of our strike today with a powerful action outside Kaiser’s Psychiatry Symposium at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Anaheim.

Sanctuary for All Update: February-March 2025

NUHW is working in close collaboration with community and elected allies to protect our communities against the Trump Administration's political and legislative attacks on health care. 

Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: March 18, 2025

We had a very positive experience visiting Greg Adams’ church on Sunday. Although Adams wasn’t there, our delegation of about 50 striking workers received a warm welcome from parishioners who expressed support for our cause. 

Statement on the suspension of mediation aimed at settling the Kaiser Southern California Mental Health Strike

Statement by Sal Rosselli, president emeritus of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, on the the suspension of mediation aimed at settling the Kaiser Southern California Mental Health Strike, now in its fifth month “When Kaiser Permanente agreed to Gov. Newsom’s request to enter a focused mediation process, we expected that it would give our […]

Mediation to begin Monday, March 10 in attempt to settle Kaiser Mental Health Strike now in its fifth month

Kaiser Permanente has agreed to a focused mediation process aimed at settling a strike by its nearly 2,400 Southern California mental health therapists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and psychologists.

News of the Month – March 2025

Read our roundup of the latest labor and healthcare news from top media outlets.

Pharmacists at MarinHealth Medical Center vote to join NUHW

The 21 workers defeated a legal challenge from the employer claiming they were supervisors before voting to join their coworkers as NUHW members.

Member profile: Laura Alonso

Steward at The Sequoias – Portola Valley learned to defend herself so she could defend her coworkers.

NUHW expands Sanctuary Union Resolution

Approved by NUHW’s member-led Executive Board, the updated resolution commits NUHW to protect the rights of all of its members and their patients, including transgender people, to be able to receive medical care and to access care without risk of being confronted by immigration agents.
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