About 2,000 Kaiser mental health workers will begin a strike Monday over working conditions. They say they have already made agreements on money, but now their is a stalemate over other issues that are negatively impacting working conditions and patient care.
Mental healthcare workers at Kaiser say they are going on strike starting Monday morning. The workers say staffing shortages are dangerous for patience and is unsustainable for current staff.
Although reps from The National Union of Healthcare Workers reached an agreement with Kaiser on wages, another issue remains outstanding, the demand that Kaiser hire more mental health workers to alleviate an overburdened workforce, and help meet the growing demand for patient care. "It’s gotten to be a crisis within Kaiser. They can’t hold on to clinicians," said Kathy Ray, a clinical social worker.
In a statement, Kaiser indicated in a typical 40-hour week, therapists get 34 hours to see patients and six for administrative tasks. Kaiser says it offered to increase the 6 hours to 7.2, but that the union wants 9.
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