Marilyn Bechtel

Marilyn Bechtel writes from the San Francisco Bay Area. She joined the PW staff in 1986 and currently participates as a volunteer. Marilyn Bechtel escribe desde el Área de la Bahía de San Francisco. Se unió al personal de PW en 1986 y actualmente participa como voluntaria.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel

Labor

Labor Day rally marks Kaiser mental health clinicians’ fourth week on strike
September 9, 2022 By Marilyn Bechtel
San Francisco Labor Council’s Kim Tavaglione told strikers: “All of labor in California is standing with you…to change a system riddled with greed and profit.”
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Labor

Kaiser Permanente nurses hold informational pickets for nurse and patient safety
September 8, 2022 By Marilyn Bechtel
“We need more nurses to provide the care our patients deserve. There is simply no reason or excuse for nurses to be short-staffed this long into the pandemic.”
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Labor

Striking Kaiser mental health clinicians joined by colleagues in Hawaii
September 2, 2022 By Marilyn Bechtel
“I’m here to make sure community mental health is here. A multibillion-dollar profiteer like Kaiser has the resources to do the right thing, so I’m asking them to do just that.”
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En español

Luchando por sus pacientes, los médicos de salud mental de Kaiser están en huelga
August 24, 2022 By Marilyn Bechtel
El 29 de agosto, los psicólogos, terapeutas matrimoniales y familiares, trabajadores sociales y consejeros de dependencia química, miembros del Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Salud, se reunirán con sus colegas en Hawái.
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Labor

Fighting for their patients, Kaiser mental health clinicians enter second week of strike
August 24, 2022 By Marilyn Bechtel
Timely care for patients is what it's all about.
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U.S.

Kaiser mental health clinicians in California strike for better patient service
August 19, 2022 By Marilyn Bechtel
Providing timely and reliable mental health care requires more staff, and Kaiser hasn't been willing to hire the number of workers needed.
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Labor

Kaiser mental health clinicians to start open-ended strike Aug. 15
August 12, 2022 By Marilyn Bechtel
“As clinicians, we have made proposal after proposal to Kaiser for greater investment in timely care for patients, and Kaiser has rejected all of them. Now, we have no other option but to strike.”
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World

Ukraine war and climate crisis set backdrop for atomic bomb commemoration
August 10, 2022 By Marilyn Bechtel
With military budgets exploding, nuclear power plants becoming weapons, and the globe heating faster than ever, anti-atomic activists set disarmament targets.
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