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SEIU 1021 Rally May 13 Against SF DPH Clinic Closures — Worker/Community Pushback Escalating Into Organized Labor Action

SEIU 1021 announced (May 6, 2026) a worker/community rally on May 13, 2026, 12:00-1:00 PM at SE Mission Geriatric Clinic (3905 Mission St, SF) opposing the already-tracked Cole, Larkin, and Mission G…

Your Rights Under California Labor Law

California labor law gives you protections beyond federal law. Learn what 'at-will employment' really means, what activities are protected, wage & hour basics, and how to file a complaint if somethin…

Healthcare Is Carrying the Entire U.S. Labor Market — 121% of Net Job Growth. Congress Just Cut Its Funding.

Analysis from the San Francisco Fed, Glassdoor, and CEPR reveals healthcare created virtually all sustained U.S. job growth in 2025-2026. In January 2026, healthcare was 63% of all jobs added. Over 1…

NACHC ViVE 2026 'Building Bridges: AI Collaboration Lab' — Industry Vendors + FQHC Leaders Co-Design Blueprint

NACHC hosted structured AI co-design roundtable at ViVE 2026 in LA (Feb 22-25, 2026), putting industry vendors directly with FQHC leaders to 'co-design a blueprint for high-impact AI utilization' in …

SEIU 1021 + IFPTE 21 Rally at SF General Frames DPH Cuts as 'Union-Busting Layoffs'

SEIU 1021 and IFPTE 21 staged a public rally at SF General on April 15 framing the SF DPH budget cuts as union-busting layoffs. Adds organized-labor opposition narrative to the $40M Wave 2 fight; rel…

Alameda County Launches 'Fight for Medi-Cal' Coalition with 30+ Organizations — Coordinated District-Level Pressure on House Republicans Through 2026 Election

Alameda County launched a 'Fight for Medi-Cal' coalition with 30+ health organizations, community groups, labor unions, and patient advocates pledging coordinated advocacy through the 2026 midterm el…

AFSCME 3299 Open-Ended UC Strike Begins May 14 — 42,000 Workers, FQHC Patient Spillover Likely

AFSCME Local 3299 (42,000 University of California service and patient-care technical workers) begins an open-ended strike on May 14, 2026 over housing affordability and healthcare premium costs. UCS…

Kaiser Permanente Cuts 42 Nurses in Marin/Sonoma + 38 Statewide Layoffs — North Bay FQHC Catchment Affected

Kaiser Permanente announced (April 29, 2026) 38 business-function layoffs statewide plus 42 nurse layoffs across its San Rafael and Petaluma outpatient clinics. The cuts hit the North Bay FQHC catchm…

Clinics File Lawsuit to Block SEIU-UHW 90% Patient Care Ballot Measure

California Hospital Association and a community-clinic employer coalition filed suit (May 4, 2026) seeking to block the SEIU-UHW Clinic Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (Initiative #25-000…

NUHW Ratifies Contracts at 5 Providence Northern California Hospitals — Wage Benchmark Pressure for Bay Area FQHCs

NUHW announced (April 2026) ratifications of new collective bargaining agreements at 5 Providence Northern California hospitals: substantial raises, lower healthcare premiums, and provisions making l…

Kaiser-NUHW Mental Health Strike RESOLVED — 196-Day Strike (Longest in U.S. History) Ends With Pension Restoration

The Kaiser-NUHW mental health therapists strike, which began September 2025 and was the longest mental-health-worker strike in U.S. history (196 days), ended with a tentative agreement and ratificati…

FHCSD Terminates Physician Advocate Dr. Raquel Cornejo Pina During Protected Medical Leave — UAPD Alleges Retaliation; 1,000 Patients Lose PCP

Family Health Centers of San Diego terminated Dr. Raquel Cornejo Pina after 7 years while she was on protected medical leave. UAPD/AFSCME alleges retaliation for raising unsafe staffing/excessive pan…

Kaiser NUHW Mental Health Workers Launch 5-Day Hunger Strike — Session 31 Did Not Produce Breakthrough

NUHW mental health clinicians at Kaiser Permanente launched a 5-day hunger strike April 7 — an escalation tactic signaling that the April 3 Session 31 bargaining did NOT produce a breakthrough despit…

BLS April Jobs Report: Healthcare Adds 37,000 — Still Leading, But Pace Slowing From Q1 Average

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the April 2026 Employment Situation report (May 8, 2026): total nonfarm payrolls grew by 115,000 (down from 185,000 in March), unemployment held steady at 4.3%…

NLRB Seeks Forced Union Recognition at Innercare (Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo) — Hearing Began March 17

An NLRB administrative law judge hearing began March 17 in San Diego on 30+ unfair labor practice charges against Innercare (formerly Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo) in Imperial County. Despite workers…

San Francisco DPH Announces $17M in Budget Cuts — Safety Net Clinics Brace for Impact

San Francisco Department of Public Health is cutting $17M from its FY2026-27 budget, citing declining federal reimbursements and rising labor costs. Community health centers in SF — including SF Comm…

U.S. Economy Lost 92,000 Jobs in February — Third Negative Month in Five

The BLS Employment Situation report for February 2026 shows the U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs (consensus expected +59,000). Unemployment rose to 4.4%. Labor force participation fell to 62.0%, lowest …

UC Berkeley Projects 72,000-145,000 California Healthcare Job Losses from Medicaid Cuts

The UC Berkeley Labor Center estimates that H.R. 1 Medicaid cuts will eliminate 72,000 to 145,000 healthcare jobs statewide — 3-5% of California's 2.65 million healthcare workforce. The projection en…

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HAIP Practice Network: 5 FQHCs Join Duke-Led 12-Month AI Peer Learning Initiative

Five under-resourced healthcare providers — four FQHCs and one community hospital — are collaborating through the Health AI Partnership (HAIP) Practice Network, a 12-month peer learning initiative su…

HAIP 'AI in Action' April 2026: Proactive AI Governance Framework for FQHCs

The Health AI Partnership (HAIP) — a collaboration between UCSF, Microsoft, and safety-net providers — releases its April 2026 'AI in Action' brief focusing on proactive AI governance for FQHCs. Prov…