About 3,000 technicians, office workers and licensed practical nurses affiliated with Service Employees International Union Local 105 could walk off the job this week.
Kaiser Permanente instrument technician Veronica Rios listens to Service Employees International Union local 105 president Stephanie Felix-Sowy after voting on whether or not to authorize a strike vote in front of the Franklin facility August 31, 2023. Rios has worked with Kaiser for 27 years. Kaiser Permanente Colorado and the union representing almost half of its employees didn’t reach a deal over the weekend, but have agreed to continue talking ahead of a possible strike beginning Wednesday.
Nationwide, about 75,000 workers could go on strike, with walkouts also planned in California, the District of Columbia, Oregon, Virginia and Washington. It would be the largest strike by health care workers in U.S. history. In a statement released Saturday, Kaiser Permanente said it had reached agreement with the unions on the use of temporary staff, tracking vacancies, dispute resolution and travel for continuing education.have been resolved; Local 105 has continued to say its members felt their clinics were understaffed, while Kaiser Permanente Colorado said an agreement already had been reached at the national level to hire thousands of new workers.
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