Strike Fund-NUHW Antioch Psychiatry & AMRS

Please donate to this strike hardship fund for the mental health therapists in Antioch Mental Health and Addiction Medicine and Recovery Services.

We belong to the National Union of Healthcare Workers. We are on an open-ended strike because patients continue to endure dangerously long waits for mental health and substance use treatment appointments.

We have negotiated at the bargaining table, reached out to all levels of Kaiser leadership/management, filed grievances with the Department of Managed Health Care and other regulatory agencies, and worked to help pass mental health and substance use treatment parity legislation in California, yet are patients are still being denied medically necessary care.

Striking is a last resort, but the status quo is unacceptable for our patients; we can't allow them to keep suffering.

Your donations will help alleviate the financial burden for therapists who are most impacted by foregoing pay, lowering barriers to strike participation, and making our strike as united and successful as possible!

Learn more about our strike, the plight of our patients, and your patient rights at:

https://nuhw.org/kaiser-dont-deny/kaiser-strike/

Interested in more? Read below

Interested in more? Read below

What is a Strike Fund?

Foregoing pay during a strike is a hardship for everyone, but it disproportionately impacts employees in the lower salary ranges or with greater life expenses. A strike fund can be used to alleviate the financial burden for those who are most impacted, lowering barriers for participation in the strike and making it as united and successful as possible.

Please note that donations are not tax-deductable.

How will the funds be used?

Over the last several contracts, our union has had to strike to advocate for a fair contract. While we never want to get to this point, it is clear our time-limited strikes have not been enough to make the more remarkable systemic change we wish to pursue. We know that an open-ended strike may be the only option to fight for a fair contract, ethical and high-quality patient care, and sustainable working conditions. We know our community’s mental health is on the line, and we are ready to stand up for it!

To sustain our endurance in this extended action, we need our community’s energetic support in all ways. One of the most needed is in the form of monetary funds. Funds will go directly to National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) strike participants to manage hardship throughout the open-ended strike. They will first go to Antioch Mental Health and Addiction Medicine and Recovery Services (AMRS) NUHW members, then be made available to the general membership. If funds are not used for any reason, they will be saved for future strike funds

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!