Kaiser, health care workers continue negotiations as possible strike looms

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More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in multiple states are preparing to strike on Wednesday for three days.

With health care employees for Kaiser Permanente poised to launch a three-day strike that their union says will be the largest of its type in U.S. history, contract talks between the health care provider and union negotiators continued Monday and will resume Tuesday in hopes of averting the walkout.

There appeared to be less optimism on the union side, which circulated plans to picketing that would begin at 6 a.m. Wednesday at Kaiser locations throughout the state, with 75,000 Kaiser workers expected to take part. Additional picketing would be done at Kaiser facilities in Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., according to the union coalition.

The union has accused Kaiser of cutting performance bonuses for employees, failing to protect employees against subcontracting, offering wages that fail to keep pace with inflation and falling short in efforts to maintain adequate staffing levels.

 

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