Kaiser Mental Health Workers Strike-San Rafael
June 14, 2019
9:30AM - 6:30PM
NUHW UPDATE 6/9/19:
FOLLOWING PROGRESS AT THE BARGAINING TABLE, THE MEMBER-LED BARGAINING TEAMS REPRESENTING 4,000 KAISER MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA VOTED UNANIMOUSLY SUNDAY TO CALL OFF AN OPEN-ENDED STRIKE SCHEDULED TO BEGIN TUESDAY.
IN CALLING OFF THE STRIKE, THE CLINICIANS ARE ACCEPTING THE CHALLENGE PUT FORTH FRIDAY BY SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE TONI ATKINS AND ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ANTHONY RENDON FOR BOTH SIDES TO RESUME NEGOTIATIONS ANDREACH A SETTLEMENT WITHOUT AN OPEN-ENDED STRIKE. IF KAISER REJECTES THE CALL FROM CALIFORNIA'S LEGISLATIVE LEADERS, THE NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS' MEMBER-LED BARGAINING COMMITTEES WILL RECOMMEND THAT THEIR COLLEAGES REJECT KAISER'S LAST OFFER.
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Mental Health workers at Kaiser will be launching a massive strike throughout the state. There will be two in the North Bay. Kaiser Santa Rosa Strike will be Thursday, June 13th starting at 6:30am and will go unitl 3:30pm. Kaiser San Rafael will be the following day, Friday the 14th, also from 6:30am to 3:30pm.
This has gone on too long and something needs to change. Patients are waiting weeks for an appointment. This just isn't right.