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Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions
Collective bargaining
UFCW Local 555 ends strike at Kaiser
The union is still seeking to put pressure on the company by encouraging patients to drop Kaiser, saying their health care could be at risk.
Collective bargaining
Seattle Kaiser workers get contract too
One day before a planned strike, SEIU Local 1199NW reached a tentative agreement for a local add-on to Kaiser Permanente's national contract.
Collective bargaining
The biggest health care strike in U.S. history
75,000 workers struck Kaiser Permanente for 3 days. Now a 4-year agreement brokered by the U.S. Secretary of Labor provides 21% raises.
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.
Collective bargaining
Biggest ever Kaiser strike starts with pharmacy workers
Northwest pharmacists walked out Oct. 1, and 75,000 other Kaiser workers in five states began their own strike Oct. 4.
Collective bargaining
Strike vote at Kaiser
Workers at Kaiser Permanente hospitals in seven states and Washington D.C. are voting on a strike authorization through Sept. 16.
Collective bargaining
Pickets back up at Kaiser Permanente
SEIU Local 49 picketed three hospitals July 24-28 to protest unsafe staffing and draw attention to difficulty getting a new union contract.
Collective bargaining
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.
Collective bargaining
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.
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
Collective bargaining
Strike averted at Kaiser Permanente
A tentative deal would raise wages and limit outsourcing.
Collective bargaining
Massive Kaiser Permanente strike could come in October
If it happens, it would be the biggest strike in the United States in 22 years.
Collective bargaining
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.
