Four thousand psychologists, therapists and other medical professionals are striking at Kaiser Permanente facilities across California Nov. 11–15 to demand that the health maintenance organization demonstrate good faith and fix its broken mental health system that leaves patients waiting up to three ...
75,000 UNION HEALTH CARE WORKERS AT KAISER PERMANENTE GO ON STRIKE There are four strike locations in Colorado, where picketers are marching at medical offices in downtown Denver, Aurora, Lakewood and Colorado Springs. Union workers are also marching at Springfield Medical Center in Virginia. ...
Some 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers walked off the job Wednesday in multiple states, kicking off a major health care strike.
"The Alliance of Health Care Unions fought to preserve a Kaiser Permanente where patients can count on excellent patient care and service," said Hal Ruddick, executive director, Alliance of Health Care Unions. "This has guided our work for 24 years." "This agreement will mean patients will ...
“Kaiser has failed to bargain in good faith with the caregivers who are doing everything they can to protect patient safety,” SEIU-UHW president Dave Regan said on Sept. 14. “Nearly 60,000 frontline workers at Kaiser facilities have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike be...
"For weeks, Kaiser sent us messages telling us to reject a strike," Miriam De La Paz, a Labor and Delivery Unit secretary at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Downey, said in a statement released by the union. "Their millionaire executives implied we were imagining the delays in care our...
Kaiser Permanente’s average employee turnover rate of 8.5 percent, as of June 2023, is significantly lower than the rate of 21.4 percent across health care. Talented people who recognize the value of our current wage and benefit offerings want to work at Kaiser Permanente, which is why ...
Christian Meisner, the chief human resources officer at Kaiser Permanente, said the agreement "underscores our unwavering commitment to our employees by maintaining industry-leading wages and benefits."Bargaining continues with the local units representing Kaiser pharmacists in Northern California and the ...
Michele Gile heads to the picket line in front of Kaiser Permanente Anaheim to share the stories of the striking workers.Oct 6, 2023 Twitter Facebook Email Latest Videos KCAL News thanks dozens of CBS News journalis... 03:347h ago
Nearly 2,400 mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities went on strike Monday amid contract talks and allegations of a "broken" system of care, while Kaiser officials say the union has been "slow walking" the negotiation process and planned to strike before labo...