Fierce Healthcare October 15, 2023
Updated on Oct. 14, 3 p.m.
Kaiser Permanente reached a tentative deal with the unions representing 85,000 workers to an across-the-board 21% wage increase over four years, provisions to protect workers from outsourcing and streamlined training and hiring practices to help boost staffing.
In a joint statement released Friday, the health system and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions announced a tentative agreement for a renewed national agreement, bringing the nearly seven months of contract negotiations to a conclusion.
U.S. President Joe Biden also acknowledged Su’s role in securing the labor agreement.
Both sides credited the involvement of acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su who took part in the negotiations.
“This isn’t the first time Acting Secretary Su has...
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