Northwest Labor Press is an independent union-supported newspaper founded in 1900. Our print version is mailed twice a month to about 45,000 members of over three dozen local unions in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Our online version has been maintained here since 1997.
Tag:
Kaiser Permanente
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.
Health Care
Kaiser nurses issue warning: Short staffing could diminish patient care
Nurse union members, frustrated with slow progress on staffing committees, rally outside Kaiser's Northwest headquarters.
Collective bargaining
Union deal means fewer patients per nurse at Kaiser Sunnyside
RNs agreed to give up 10-hour shifts in return for the workload caps
Jobs
OFNHP protests elimination of perio-hygienist classification
The 17 workers in that classification do the same work, for less pay
Jobs
Kaiser Permenente dental hygienists protest
More protests are planned over a plan to eliminate periodontal hygienists.
Union democracy
Oregon Nurses Association joins American Federation of Teachers
ONA says the move will enhance nurses' voice in an era of hospital consolidation and cost-cutting
Union democracy
Niemi elected president at SEIU 49; major contracts ahead
Meg Niemi — union organizer and longshoreman's stepdaughter — won election at 9,000-member SEIU 49.
Local
3,000 union jobs at Kaiser’s new Westside hospital
Kaiser's new hospital in Hillsboro is being constructed all-union, and will operate union too.
