Marilyn Bechtel
LATEST ARTICLES BY Marilyn Bechtel
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U.S.
Kaiser mental health clinicians in California strike for better patient service
August 19, 2022Providing 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“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, 2022With 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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Politics
New California bill creates private right of action against illegal weapons
July 28, 2022Bill turns right wing tactics on abortion against right wing backers of unlimited dangerous weapons on the streets.
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News
California law allows victims to sue gun companies
July 21, 2022Nearly every industry is held to account when their products cause harm or injury—all except one, the gun industry.
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Labor
Kaiser Permanente mental health clinicians say California patients still being denied timely care
July 5, 2022State Sen. Scott Weiner: “You can’t give someone a first appointment and then make them wait two or three months for their second and subsequent appointments, because that completely undermines effective mental health treatment.”
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Politics
Western states declare abortion access pact in opposition to Supreme Court
June 28, 2022California, Oregon, and Washington say they’ll uphold access to reproductive healthcare and protect patients and medical professionals against efforts by other states to impose rules outside their borders.
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Politics
Despite San Francisco recall, justice candidates surge ahead in California primaries
June 13, 2022The S.F. recall was a loss for progressives, but there were a number of positive signs in other races.
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