The health care provider canceled patient appointments during a 2022 strike. State regulators say they are making sure the company does not break the law during the current strike in Southern California.
Budget shortfall pauses wage hike for California’s low-income health care workers. “We’re living paycheck to paycheck,” one worker said.
At Keck Medicine, which brings in almost half the university’s revenue, workers say their wages and benefits lag other large health systems.
Nine Lynwood St. Francis Medical Center staffers say they were fired as retaliation for leading union protests against staff cuts.
A therapist is “guardedly optimistic” the health care giant is taking the shortage seriously, and the union says Kaiser may now realize it must invest billions to comply with the law.
The Hospice East Bay vote shows growing unionization at end-of-life care.
They say “metrics for productivity” are driving care for the dying. Nov. 3 union vote marks growing labor organizing as end-of-life care becomes a for-profit industry.
A California settlement compels the state’s largest health care provider to spend $150 million on behavioral health services.
Safe staffing laws have worked in California — and can’t pass anywhere else.
How to help health care workers live where they are employed.
Striking Kaiser Permanente mental health workers say children may suffer even more than adults from delays in treatment.
Economists say fines are far cheaper than hiring staff. Kaiser says the union creates crises.
The HMO needs to hire more clinicians to ensure that patients wait no more than the legally mandated 10 days between appointments, says veteran therapist.
Striking Kaiser therapist says patients stuck without appointments ‘don’t have that backup.’
Her patients are waiting months for therapy. ‘This strike is not about money,’ says Sacramento therapist Jane Kostka.
In-home care is a growing necessity across the state. When will counties treat it that way?
California tries to address dangerous work conditions, low pay and staff turnover in its care facilities.
New state protocols allow health care workers who test positive but are asymptomatic to immediately return to work.
Just because medical institutions see another surge coming doesn’t mean they’re equipped to handle it.
Forty years into her career, RN Cathy Kennedy believes the poor and people of color will never get fair treatment until we make systemic change.