Kaiser Permanente workers won their top priority — scrapping a two-tier pay system — in the settlement reached Saturday, averting a strike.
Hospital workers and management at Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation’s largest healthcare systems, reached a labor agreement Saturday, two days before nearly 32,000 employees were set to strike over a proposed pay system for future hires.
Kaiser Permanente management had stuck with that proposal for months, which called for paying new hires 26% to 39% less than current employees, arguing that the measure was necessary to lower labor costs and prevent higher costs to Kaiser members down the line.Kaiser Permanente workers vote to authorize strike, citing staffing and safety concerns
In the face of a looming strike that would have significantly disrupted Kaiser operations — more than half of its nonphysician workforce in Southern California was set to join the work stoppage — the healthcare system backed down.
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