Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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Labor
Calif. mental health clinicians to Kaiser Permanente: Let us care for patients
July 12, 2019Across the state, just one mental health clinician is available for every 3,000 Kaiser patients.
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Labor
California gig workers eye a win if landmark bill passes state Senate
July 3, 2019By codifying gig workers as employees, AB 5 would close loopholes that enabled companies to classify low-skill workers as independent contractors.
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Politics
Kaiser mental health clinicians call off strike amid recent progress
June 11, 2019"But if Kaiser won’t come back to the table, we will bring their proposal back to our 4,000 members with a recommendation to vote it down.”
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Labor
Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians may strike to prevent more suicides
June 7, 2019A gifted college student committed suicide last year after experiencing repeated delays and obstacles in her search for desperately needed mental health care.
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U.S.
Bill tightening California standards for police lethal force advances in legislature
June 6, 2019The California Act to Save Lives will give the state some of the strictest standards for the use of force by police.
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U.S.
Oakland council resolution puts heat on county sheriff’s office
May 24, 2019The Oakland City Council has joined a rising chorus of demands by human rights and racial justice organizations and family members of inmates who have lost their lives or experienced abuse.
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News
Bill tightening rules for police use of deadly force advances in California
April 16, 2019Among those backing the bill are many whose loved ones have been killed by police.
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U.S.
California’s death penalty moratorium: 737 inmates get stay of execution
March 15, 2019When signing the order, the governor said in the U.S. criminal justice system, it is better to be rich and guilty than poor and innocent.
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