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Kaiser Permanente
Collective bargaining
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.
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
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.
Collective bargaining
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.
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.
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.
Collective bargaining
Union accuses Kaiser of understaffing
OFNHP says understaffing is leading to high turnover at in Sunnyside’s Emergency Department—40 nurses (57%) have left in the last year.
Union democracy
OFNHP elects new set of leaders
Kaiser RN Jodi Barschow was elected to lead OFNHP at the head of a reform slate. Incumbent Adrienne Enghouse placed third.
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.
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.
