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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 110

  • February 8, 2025
We sent a powerful message to Kaiser officials today demonstrating our resolve to win a fair contract that will treat us as equals in the Kaiser system and guarantee better access to care for Kaiser patients. About 12 strikers along with four allies, including California Labor Federation President Lorena Gonzalez, blocked West Sunset Boulevard in Los...
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Press release: Therapists, social workers and nurses take to the streets Friday in mass protest at LAMC

  • February 6, 2025
Striking Kaiser Permanente mental health workers, members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, will travel from picket lines across Southern California Friday and risk arrest to stage a mass noontime protest in the streets outside Kaiser’s Los Angeles Medical Center,  joined by elected, labor and community allies. 
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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 107

  • February 5, 2025
With Kaiser trying to claim we're divided because some of us have had to return to work four months into the strike, it's critical that we demonstrate our continued determination to win fair treatment for each other and Kaiser patients.
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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 103

  • February 1, 2025
We commemorated Day 100 of the strike this week with vigils honoring Kaiser patients. Guests on the picket line this week included Congressman Mark Levin and California Labor Federation President Lorena Gonzalez.
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Kaiser strikers help wildfire relief efforts

  • January 31, 2025
With Los Angeles County picket lines canceled during the wildfires, striking Kaiser workers helped in relief efforts
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Fifteen aspiring union activists participate in NUHW’s first Organizing-in-Training program

  • January 29, 2025
The program is geared toward building a pipeline of new organizers for NUHW, and helping members and allies build their organizing skills and determine if they have a future in union organizing.
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Member profile: Veronica Gonzalez-Morales

  • January 28, 2025
Gonzalez-Morales, a physical therapy assistant at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in San Pedro, became a leader in the fight for a first contract.
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News of the Month – January 2025

  • January 28, 2025
Read our roundup of the latest labor and healthcare news from top media outlets.
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San Pedro workers ratify first union contract with raises of up to 58 percent

  • January 28, 2025
The agreement also includes limits on subcontracting and job protections in the event the hospital is sold.
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Nursing home workers unite and win mid-contract wage increases

  • January 28, 2025
The win came a month after employees at three Aspen Healthcare facilities delivered a petition to administrators demanding fair wages and benefits.
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Workers win a lot with Sequoias contract

  • January 28, 2025
The two-year agreement will boost wages at least 8 percent and includes retro pay and free uniforms.
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Keck-USC workers win raises in tough contract fight

  • January 28, 2025
Salaries for workers at Keck Hospital of USC and the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center will increase by an average of 24 percent under the new agreement, which has no takeaways.
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