US EditionThousands of Kaiser Permanente Workers in Oregon, SW Washington Set to Begin Strike Tuesday
The strike involves 31,000 union members statewide aiming to improve staffing, pay, and benefits after months of stalled contract talks, the union said.
- A possible five-day strike by health care workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities is set to begin Tuesday and could affect three hospitals in San Diego County, union officials say.
- Negotiations since May have faltered as UNAC/UHCP says stalled talks with Kaiser Permanente and recent layoffs earlier this month sparked demands for safer staffing and better pay.
- Kaiser officials say they will hire up to 7,600 replacement nurses and clinicians, keep hospitals open with possible rescheduling, and maintain staggered picketing at San Diego and Oregon sites.
- Kaiser says normal operations should resume after the strike scheduled to end on Oct. 19, and the union says it is the largest strike in UNAC/UHCP history.
- With 46,000 contracts expired Sept. 30 or Oct. 1, Kaiser employs about 180,000 in California, and the alliance includes 62,000 members amid ongoing labor tensions.
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East Bay TimesThousands of Kaiser health workers to strike in NorCal Tuesday
Kaiser Permanente, California’s largest health provider, was bracing for a major labor strike of its health care workers Tuesday across the Bay Area and throughout the state. Barring a late-hour breakthrough in negotiations, passers-by can expect to see picket lines outside of Kaiser hospitals in Oakland and Santa Clara starting Tuesday morning, when 2,800 health professionals in Northern California plan to stop work to seek higher pay and staff…
Thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers in Oregon, SW Washington set to begin strike Tuesday
Some 4,000 nurses and other Kaiser Permanente health care professionals in Oregon and southwest Washington are slated to walk off the job for five days starting at 7 a.m. Tuesday.
LA Daily News
San Gabriel Valley Tribune31,000 nurses, staff heading into 5-day strike with Kaiser
The union representing 31,000 nurses and health care professionals at 200 Kaiser Permanente medical facilities in California and Hawaii is headed toward a five-day strike beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, with tensions rising over a plan by the Oakland-based healthcare company to hire replacements. Kaiser officials said the healthcare company is hiring up to 7,600 nurses, clinicians and other staff to replace union workers during the strike,…
Kaiser Employees Preparing For Strike
Kaiser Permanente workers around California could be walking off the job tomorrow. Kaiser offices and hospitals throughout the state are preparing for thousands of workers to strike on Tuesday, part of a regional strike that would affect over 31-thousand Kaiser employees in California and Hawaii. Employees say they are prepared to walk off the job in the hopes of securing wage increases, better staffing and improved retirement benefits.
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