{"id":2066343,"date":"2023-10-13T13:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T17:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/healthcare-workers-reach-tentative-deal-with-kaiser-permanente-after-largest-healthcare-strike-in-u-s\/"},"modified":"2023-10-13T13:33:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T17:33:18","slug":"healthcare-workers-reach-tentative-deal-with-kaiser-permanente-after-largest-healthcare-strike-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/healthcare-workers-reach-tentative-deal-with-kaiser-permanente-after-largest-healthcare-strike-in-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare workers and Kaiser Permanente reach deal after major U.S. strike."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhealthcare-workers-reach-tentative-deal-with-kaiser-permanente-after-largest-healthcare-strike-in-u-s%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2066343&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kaiser Permanente health care employees, joined by Union \u2063members representing workers, walk\u2063 the picket \u200dline in Los Angeles during the second day of their\u2062 strike on October 5, 2023. More than 75,000 employees at Kaiser Permanente began one of the largest healthcare worker strikes in recent US history on October 4 after \u2062failing to resolve a dispute over staffing\u2064 levels. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\">James Meyers<\/a><br \/>10:26 AM \u2013 Friday, October 13, 2023<\/p>\n<p>With the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/business\/kaiser-healthcare-unions-say-weeklong-strike-possible-early-next-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> ongoing workers strike<\/a>, Kaiser Permanente has finally come to a tentative deal with\u200d the coalition of unions that represent\u200d over\u200d 75,000 \u2063employees.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The frontline healthcare workers of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente \u200cUnions are excited \u200dto have reached a tentative agreement with Kaiser\u2064 Permanente. We are thankful for\u2063 the instrumental support of Acting US Labor Secretary Julie Su.<\/p>\n<p>A full announcement \u2063will follow\u2062 shortly. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KOAFNXhP87\">pic.twitter.com\/KOAFNXhP87<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SEIU-UHW #United4All (@seiu_uhw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seiu_uhw\/status\/1712787147978321951?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe frontline healthcare \u200dworkers of \u2062the \u200bCoalition of Kaiser Permanente \u2063Unions are excited to have reached \u2064a tentative\u200d agreement with Kaiser Permanente,\u201d \u200cthe union coalition said \u2062on X.\u200d \u201cWe are\u2064 thankful for the instrumental support of Acting US Labor Secretary Julie Su.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With the tentative agreement, it marks the\u2063 end of the largest-ever healthcare strike \u2064in United States\u200c history. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the strike\u2063 only lasted three days last week, which was the scheduled duration. <\/p>\n<p>However,\u200c the coalition \u200dof unions threatened an eight-day strike\u200c in November, with \u2063more workers \u2064walking out if a new deal was not reached by October 31<sup>st<\/sup>. <\/p>\n<p>Kaiser Permanente employees have been\u200c voicing concerns about dangerous working conditions due to chronic staffing shortages and low wages. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the union expressed gratitude towards Secretary of Labor Julie Su, acknowledging her support\u2062 and calling\u2063 it &#8220;instrumental&#8221; in reaching the deal. <\/p>\n<p>Kaiser Permanente, with almost 13 million members, operates 39 hospitals and 622 medical offices, according to their website.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts \u200bdirectly to your inbox \u200cfor free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries urges his colleagues across the aisle to quickly elect a new Speaker. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Michigan Democrat Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib continues to proudly display a \u200cPalestinian flag outside of her Capitol Hill office, but Ohio\u200b congressman Max Miller says he\u2019s introduced a bill to make that \u200da violation \u2064of House rules. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A new lawsuit filed by the America\u2062 First Legal Foundation reveals that\u200b then-Vice President Joe Biden\u2019s office\u2062 emailed his son and brother about foreign business more than 29-thousand times. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A Day of Jihad looms over Friday while Sen. Menendez is charged AGAIN.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google said on Thursday that it will defend users\u200c of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-to-defend-generative-ai-users-from-copyright-claims\/\" title=\"Google will protect users of generative AI from copyright claims.\">generative \u200bartificial-intelligence systems<\/a> in its Google\u2062 Cloud and\u2064 Workspace platforms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>China has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/powerball-player-wins-lotterys-1-76b-jackpot-winning-ticket-sold-in-california\/\" title=\"California sells winning ticket for .76B Powerball jackpot.\">published proposed security requirements<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/malliotakis-gop-backing-of-scalise-does-not-ensure-speakership\/\" title=\"Malliotakis: GOP Support for Scalise Doesn't Guarantee Speakership\">firms offering services powered<\/a> by generative artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Internet companies Google, Amazon, and Cloudflare claim to\u200b have successfully withstood the internet\u2019s largest-known \u2063denial of service \u2062attack.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Samsung announced \u2062that its preliminary third-quarter profit dropped by a smaller-than-expected 78%.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What potential\u200c implications \u200cdoes the\u200b tentative\u200b agreement have for the wider healthcare industry\u200c and workers&#8217; rights\u2062 in the United States<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Kaiser Permanente Reaches\u2062 Tentative Deal with Employee Union Coalition \u2064to End Strike<\/p>\n<p>With the ongoing workers strike, Kaiser Permanente has finally come to a tentative \u2063deal \u200dwith\u2062 the coalition of unions that represent over 75,000 employees. The \u200bstrike, which began on October 4, was one of the largest \u2063healthcare worker strikes in recent US history. \u200dThe dispute\u2064 over \u2063staffing levels had led to the work stoppage, with employees demanding better working\u2063 conditions and higher wages.<\/p>\n<p>The coalition \u2064of unions and Kaiser Permanente announced the tentative\u2064 agreement \u200don October 13. In a statement, the union coalition expressed their excitement\u2063 over reaching an agreement and thanked Acting US Labor Secretary Julie Su for her instrumental support. A full announcement regarding the agreement is expected to follow shortly.<\/p>\n<p>This breakthrough marks the end of the largest-ever healthcare strike in United States history. The strike, \u2063which lasted only three days last week\u2063 as scheduled, brought attention to \u200bthe \u2064concerns of Kaiser\u2063 Permanente employees \u200dregarding dangerous working\u200b conditions caused by chronic staffing shortages and inadequate wages.<\/p>\n<p>However, the coalition\u2062 of \u2063unions has threatened an eight-day strike in November\u2063 if a new deal was not reached by October 31st. This demonstrates the\u2063 determination of the employees to continue fighting \u200cfor their rights and demands.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062union&#8217;s\u2063 gratitude towards Secretary \u2062of Labor Julie Su highlights the \u2062importance of government support in resolving labor \u200bdisputes. Secretary Su&#8217;s involvement\u200c was described as instrumental in reaching the tentative agreement. This \u200cpartnership between the unions and the government signifies the\u200d significance of collaboration and \u200dunderstanding in achieving fair working conditions for employees.<\/p>\n<p>Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest healthcare providers in the US, \u2062serves nearly 13 million \u2062members\u200c through its 39 hospitals\u200d and 622 medical offices. This strike has shed light on the challenges faced by frontline healthcare\u2063 workers and the importance \u200cof\u200c ensuring their well-being and fair\u200b treatment.<\/p>\n<p>As the \u200btentative agreement brings an end to the strike, it\u2064 remains to be seen how the negotiations will progress and if the demands of the employees will be met in their entirety. The resolution of this dispute will \u200bnot only affect the lives of the 75,000 employees involved but will also have implications for the wider healthcare industry and the rights of workers\u200b across the country.<\/p>\n<p>It is \u200ccrucial for all parties involved to continue working towards finding a solution that benefits both the\u2062 employees and the healthcare\u200d provider. As negotiations continue, it is \u2062hoped that fair and\u2064 equitable conditions can be achieved for the \u200cemployees of Kaiser Permanente, ensuring a healthier and more\u2062 sustainable future for\u200b healthcare workers \u200cacross the\u200d United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaiser Permanente health care employees, joined by Union members, strike in Los Angeles for the second day on October 5, 2023. 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