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Complaint seeks to stop Kaiser Permanente from using telephone operators to triage mental health patients

July 17, 2025

Despite being cited for numerous mental health violations and ordered to pay a $200 million penalty, Kaiser has stopped using licensed therapists to assess the condition and the needs of patients reaching out for mental health care.

Striking Kaiser Permanente Therapists, Social Workers and Nurses Take to the Streets in San Diego Tuesday, March 25

March 24, 2025

It’s been over five months since nearly 2,400 Kaiser Permanente mental health therapists, psychologists, social workers and psychiatric nurses went on strike in Southern California, determined to make Kaiser stop ...

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Member profile: Valerie Aquinaldo

March 24, 2025

Aquinaldo, a respiratory therapist at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital, continues her father’s union legacy

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NUHW members go all in for Barbara Lee

March 24, 2025

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 ...

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

March 24, 2025

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

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Rogers Behavioral Health workers in Los Angeles ratify union contract

March 24, 2025

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

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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: March 21, 2025

March 22, 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.

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Sanctuary for All Update: February-March 2025

March 20, 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.

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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: March 18, 2025

March 19, 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 ...

Kaiser Psych Social News Press Releases

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

March 13, 2025

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 ...

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

March 3, 2025

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.

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