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Collective bargaining

Unions reach tentative national deal with Kaiser Permanente

Following strikes and 11 months of rocky negotiations, new agreements raise wages 21.5% over the next three years and eight months.
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California Kaiser strike now in week four

More than 31,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers in California and Hawaii have been on an open-ended strike since Jan. 26.
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Kaiser inches closer to a new union contract

With the last contracts having expired Sept. 30, this is the longest Kaiser workers have gone without a new contract in more than 25 years.
Analysis

2025: The rest of the story

Since the start of 2025, we’ve reported over 400 stories. Here's an update about what’s happened since we last reported on some of them. 
Collective bargaining

After the strike, still no deal with Kaiser Permanente

Nearly 45,000 Kaiser workers struck for better pay and respect; weeks later, unions say little progress has been made.
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Kaiser Permanente workers on strike in four states 

Following decades of labor peace, it’s the fourth strike at Kaiser since 2023.
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Early tremors appear in Kaiser bargaining

Kaiser Permanente contract negotiations are heating up after the healthcare system retracted a tentative agreement on successorship.
Union democracy

UFCW Local 555 leaves the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, again

Local 555 withdrew last month from the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, a group that bargains for Kaiser employees in seven states.
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Kaiser Permanente unions ratify new contract 

Unions across six states ratified new agreements with Kaiser Permanente after the health care giant backed off demands for a two-tier system. 
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Kaiser Permanente strike called off

The massive strike was averted when management dropped its anti-union two tier demand and agreed to raise wages 10% over the next four years.
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Kaiser unions are set to go on strike Nov. 15

Bargaining has rarely been so contentious at Kaiser, which for decades touted itself as a union partner and model employer. 
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Kaiser courting massive strike

Units totaling over 34,000 Kaiser Permanente employees in Oregon and California have signaled they're ready to strike after 10 days notice.
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Showdown looms as Kaiser sticks to pay-slashing proposals

Increasingly, Kaiser's union partnership appears to be unraveling, and for the second time in two years, it could be nearing a strike.
Collective bargaining

Kaiser Permanente unions shocked by two-tier wage proposal

Is Kaiser’s reputation as a model union employer about to end? In bargaining, it's now proposing to pay new hires dramatically lower wages. 
Union democracy

UFCW Local 555 returns to original Kaiser union coalition

The union is leaving the recently-formed Alliance of Health Care Unions as of Jan. 1
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Massive Kaiser Permanente strike could come in October

If it happens, it would be the biggest strike in the United States in 22 years.
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Tense bargaining with Kaiser Permanente ends with national deal and pledge to work on relationship

The new deal with 22 unions covers 47,000 workers in eight states.
Collective bargaining

Kaiser Permanente may be near a deal with breakaway union group

A national agreement covering 47,000 Kaiser employees may be wrapped up next week.
Union democracy

Kaiser Permanente union coalition splits

The day before bargaining was to begin, unions representing 45,000 members left the coalition, while unions representing 70,700 members remain.