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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: April 2, 2025

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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Mental health therapists at Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii ratify contract ending 172-day strike

  • February 28, 2023
The three-year agreement preserves pensions and includes guaranteed raises without which Kaiser stood to lose even more therapists, resulting in even longer appointment wait times for patients.
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NUHW members help lead fight to save acclaimed birthing center

  • February 28, 2023
With Providence (St. Joseph Health) seeking to close the birthing center at Petaluma Valley Hospital in violation of its purchase agreement, caregivers are joining forces with community leaders to save the facility.
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Providence St. Joseph Health hospice workers join NUHW

  • February 28, 2023
Fighting to preserve their patient-first principles amid layoffs and cutbacks, the Sonoma County workers united behind the organizing drive.
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Newly unionized Sutter caregivers win fight for merit raises

  • February 28, 2023
Sutter halted merit raises after workers voted to join NUHW, but workers stayed united, fought back and settled a complaint requiring that Sutter restore the raises with interest.
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Seton professionals win long battle for better wages

  • February 28, 2023
After more than a year at the bargaining table, workers won 16 percent raises over three years.
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Kindred workers in San Diego gain voluntary union recognition

  • February 28, 2023
With worker support for joining NUHW crystal clear, the hospital chain opted to recognize their union rather than to request a formal vote.
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News of the Month – February 2023

  • February 28, 2023
Read our roundup of the latest labor and healthcare news from top media outlets.
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Find out how much you’d save with Medicare for All

  • January 30, 2023
The Sacramento Bee recently ran a commentary about a tool designed by Healthy California Now and NUHW letting Californians calculate how much money they’d save if the state adopted a single-payer Medicare for All healthcare system. Find out how much you'd save.
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NUHW receives record new organizing inquiries in 2022

  • January 30, 2023
NUHW experienced strong growth in 2022 as well as unprecedented interest from healthcare workers interested in unionizing.
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Workers fight back again against Providence (St. Joseph Health) payroll errors

  • January 30, 2023
After fighting to win penalty pay for payroll mistakes last summer, NUHW members at Providence hospitals acted fast to prevent the healthcare giant from illegally doubling payroll deductions after another payroll error.
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Recalling NUHW’s strike to make Kaiser honor MLK Day

  • January 30, 2023
In a sit-down interview, Sabrina Chaumette, a Kaiser therapist in Oakland, reflects on last year's strike by NUHW-represented clinicians in Oakland and Richmond that forced Kaiser to finally honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a paid holiday.
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Workers at Sutter Care at Home Sacramento Hospice vote to join NUHW

  • January 30, 2023
The vote by RNs and therapists marks the latest organizing victory for NUHW in the Sutter system.
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