Jul 14, 2021
Every day, Alliance union members dedicate themselves to providing the best care and service every time, everywhere, even during a worldwide pandemic. Safe staffing is crucial for delivering excellent care. Yet, Kaiser Permanente leaders rarely involve Alliance unions...
Jun 21, 2021
In 2020, KP asked more of health care workers than ever before. Throughout the COVID pandemic, we gave high-quality patient care and service in spite of PPE shortages and a lack of planning, systems, and protocols. Now as we are trying to recover from the stress and...
Jun 7, 2021
National Contract Bargaining Update: Over the past week, our Alliance bargaining teams have been pushing KP management across all our National Bargaining subcommittees to give us the support we need to provide the best care and service to our patients. While the...
May 27, 2021
At the first meeting of the national bargaining subcommittee on economics on Monday, May 17, Alliance leaders told senior KP executives we expect negotiations to result in excellent National and Local Agreements. Alliance Executive Director Hal Ruddick introduced some...
May 4, 2021
As healthcare workers struggle to heal from the physical and mental health effects of COVID, KP executives say our wages are too high. While we fought a desperate, life and death struggle on the frontlines of the pandemic, KP leaders — without labor involvement — set...
