Kaiser and union workers reach tentative agreement, avoid strike

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Health Care Unions reached a tentative agree on four-year contract covering almost 50,000 Kaiser employees in 22 local unions, according to a press release.

The agreements listed in the release include:

• annual wage increases for employees
• retirement income benefits
• no reductions in coverage to the low-cost family medical and dental coverage
• same low-cost co-pays for prescriptions and office visits
• more career advancement opportunities
• added measures to protect both employees and patients.

Breaking: We did it! 🎉 After months of hard work & solidarity we won a new tentative agreement (TA) with @kpthrive that includes staffing improvements, good annual wage increases, racial justice, good contracts for newly organized members, and NO two-tier! #BestJobsBestCare #1u pic.twitter.com/paJut9kgLp

— Alliance of Health Care Unions (@AHCunions) November 13, 2021

The agreement affects 1,350 Alliance workers in Northern California.

With the agreement, the Alliance unions have canceled their plans to strike.

"The strike has been called off, but the Alliance of Health Care Union will revise the tentative agreement and will vote on it," Jeff Rogers of Alliance of Health Care Union said in a statement.

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