Tense bargaining with Kaiser Permanente ends with national deal and pledge to work on relationship Oct 3, 2018 The new deal with 22 unions covers 47,000 workers in eight states.
Kaiser Permanente may be near a deal with breakaway union group Jul 5, 2018 A national agreement covering 47,000 Kaiser employees may be wrapped up next week.
Kaiser Permanente union coalition splits Mar 27, 2018 The day before bargaining was to begin, unions representing 45,000 members left the coalition, while unions representing 70,700 members remain.
Kaiser nurses issue warning: Short staffing could diminish patient care Jun 22, 2017 Nurse union members, frustrated with slow progress on staffing committees, rally outside Kaiser’s Northwest headquarters.
Union deal means fewer patients per nurse at Kaiser Sunnyside Apr 24, 2015 RNs agreed to give up 10-hour shifts in return for the workload caps
OFNHP protests elimination of perio-hygienist classification Dec 4, 2013 The 17 workers in that classification do the same work, for less pay
Kaiser Permenente dental hygienists protest May 1, 2013 More protests are planned over a plan to eliminate periodontal hygienists.
Oregon Nurses Association joins American Federation of Teachers Apr 2, 2013 ONA says the move will enhance nurses’ voice in an era of hospital consolidation and cost-cutting
Niemi elected president at SEIU 49; major contracts ahead Sep 2, 2011 Meg Niemi — union organizer and longshoreman’s stepdaughter — won election at 9,000-member SEIU 49.
3,000 union jobs at Kaiser’s new Westside hospital Aug 30, 2011 Kaiser’s new hospital in Hillsboro is being constructed all-union, and will operate union too.
