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The union representing Kaiser Permanente mental health therapists has reached a four-year agreement with Kaiser to bring a months-long strike to its conclusion.

After 10 weeks on the picket line, Kaiser mental health care workers are preparing to get back to work. Jodi Hernandez reports.

Thursday marks one month since over 2,000 Kaiser Permanente mental health care workers went on strike to demand increased staffing and improved access to care for patients who sometimes must wait months for therapy appointments.

Mental health therapists and nurses at Kaiser Permanente in their fifth week of striking for improved working conditions have called on state regulators to prevent the health care provider from using temporary replacement workers which they claim could postpone patient care during the strike.

Nurses from Kaiser Permanente facilities in the greater Bay Area and throughout the state picketed Thursday to protest the health care giant’s alleged refusal to address concerns about health, safety and short staffing, according to the union California Nurses Association/National Nurses United.

Thousands of nurses were back on the picket lines Thursday at Kaiser facilities, as they continue negotiations with management over spending more on staffing, workplace violence prevention and protection from infectious disease. Kris Sanchez reports.

Thousands of Kaiser Permanente mental health workers in California hit the strike lines Monday, saying their patients aren’t getting the care they need.

Thousands of Kaiser Permanente mental health workers in California hit the strike lines Monday, saying their patients aren’t getting the care they need. Ian Cull reports.

More than 2,000 Kaiser Permanente mental health professionals in Northern California and the Central Valley began what organizers call an “open ended strike” Monday morning. Ginger Conejero Saab reports.

Kaiser Permanente mental health care workers in Northern California are poised to strike Monday.

Kaiser Permanente mental health care workers in Northern California are poised to strike Monday.

Mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente say it is likely they will strike.

Mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente say it is likely they will strike.

A father and son were sentenced on Friday for conspiracy to commit mail fraud through a scheme to embezzle medical equipment owned by Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan, Inc., the Department of Justice announced.

Santa Clara police are investigating after they said a nurse shot and killed themselves while on duty.

Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco opened a new vaccine clinic that will help them see more people and provide vaccinations for both members and non-members of Kaiser Permanente.

Nearly 4,000 Kaiser patients may have received slightly less than the recommended dose of their COVID-19 vaccination last fall at Kaiser Permanente’s Walnut Creek Medical Center, the health care provider said Monday.

Mental health clinicians at Kaiser Permanente’s locations in Oakland and Richmond held a strike and march Monday over the agency’s rescinded promise to offer Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday and ongoing diversity issues within the organization. Cierra Johnson reports.

Mental health clinicians at Kaiser Permanente’s locations in Oakland and Richmond said they will strike Monday over the agency’s rescinded promise to offer Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday. Cierra Johnson reports.