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Strike at Children’s Hospital Oakland to end at 6 a.m. Monday

June 30, 2025

Although the strike is ending, the 1,300 Children’s Hospital Oakland workers represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers will continue their legal fight to try to ultimately reverse UCSF Health’s “integration plan” that is set to take effect July 6.

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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 85

January 14, 2025

We were back on several picket lines today, but with the LAMC line still shut down due to the wildfires several of us volunteered throughout the Los Angeles metro area ...

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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 82

January 11, 2025

With Kaiser having cancelled our bargaining session that had been scheduled for yesterday due to the wildfires, we are scheduled to resume bargaining with Kaiser Thursday, January 16.

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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 78

January 7, 2025

It’s been three months and Kaiser is finally meeting us back at the bargaining table. We resume THIS THURSDAY January 9 at 10 a.m. at the Hilton in Glendale

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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 75

January 4, 2025

We rang in the new year resolved in our fight to improve Kaiser’s broken mental health system. And while Kaiser paraded around the idea that it’s “shifting paradigms in care” ...

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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 71

December 31, 2024

We’re holding strong on the picket lines following the holiday, with good attendance and ongoing support from elected officials, community allies, and patients, who have stepped up to share their ...

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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 64

December 24, 2024

A dozen news outlets covered our Zoom press conference this morning featuring four patients who have struggled to get the mental health care they need during the strike.

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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 61

December 21, 2024

We’ve reiterated to Kaiser that we are ready to bargain anytime. Meanwhile, our strike continues to generate media coverage and political support.

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Kaiser Mental Health Care Strike: Day 58

December 18, 2024

There has already been some media attention about the joint letters from State Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas — and a majority of state ...

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Press release: Speaker Rivas, Senate President Pro Tempore McGuire and majority of Calif. legislators sign letters urging Kaiser to end strike by settling on the union’s terms

December 16, 2024

A majority of California legislators have signed onto letters calling on Kaiser CEO Greg Adams to end a strike by Southern California mental health professionals by agreeing to their proposals ...

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News of the Month – December 2024

December 16, 2024

Español Note: Viewing some of these stories may require a subscription. The Kaiser Mental Health Strike, which is now in its ninth week, continues to generate coverage including stories on ...

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NUHW continues growth in Providence system with Torrance election victory

December 16, 2024

More than 500 workers at Providence Little Company of Mary Torrance voted to join NUHW in December, joining ranks with over 3,000 of their fellow Providence employees throughout California.

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