Kaiser Permanente strike off after deal between unions and healthcare giant
by Associated Press in Los Angeles from on (#5RX9Z)
- 32,000 employees, most in California, threatened walkout
- Deal protects patients, safe staffing and fair wages'
An alliance of unions representing 50,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in California, Oregon and six other states called off strike set for Monday, after reaching a tentative labor deal with the healthcare network.
The Alliance of Health Care Unions and Kaiser Permanente jointly announced the agreement, staving off a potentially crippling strike in which 32,000 employees, most of them in southern California, threatened to walk off the job to protest understaffing and wage cuts for new hires.
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