Hundreds of mental healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente hospitals across Northern California continued their strike for a fifth day to fight for better working conditions.
The strike at Kaiser was spurred by a failed bargaining session that ended last Saturday without a deal between the health care provider and its Northern California psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, and chemical dependency counselors. While the union said that it agreed to a wage offer from Kaiser this past weekend, other issues pertaining to staffing and working conditions kept the two sides from striking a deal.
In a statement to this news organization, Kaiser Permanente Northern California spokesperson Karl Sonkin said the hospital has worked throughout the week to “ensure that we are able to meet our members’ mental health needs.” Sonkin said despite some cancellations, about half of Kaiser’s patients are receiving their care from mental health community providers who are not involved with the strike.
“This strike and this disruption to patient care does not need to happen,” Sonkin said. “While NUHW claims it is fighting for increased access to care, its primary demand is for union members to spend less time seeing patients. Our patients cannot afford a proposal that significantly reduces the time available to care for our patients and their mental health needs. We were very close to an agreement last week; unfortunately, union leaders were intent on this strike.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 19: Kaiser Permanente mental health care providers march towards Kaiser's Corporate Headquarters from Oakland Kaiser Medical Center in Oakland, Calif. on Friday, Aug.19, 2022. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 19: Sal Rosselli, president of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, speaks before Kaiser Permanente mental health providers at Kaiser's Corporate Headquarters after marching from Oakland Kaiser Medical Center in Oakland, Calif. on Friday, Aug.19, 2022.
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