WE HIT THE BARGAINING TABLE WITH MOMENTUM

We entered bargaining this week with major momentum with members from every local of the coalition rallying to protect our patients and our families in our next contract.

WHAT KAISER WANTS:

Cuts to Our Jobs, Wages and Benefits. Kaiser wants us to agree to a contract with:

• The lowest raises in decades.
• Cuts to our benefits, including doubling our healthcare copays and coming after our retirement benefits.
• Continued outsourcing and automation of our jobs.

As we head back into bargaining for our next national contract this week, Kaiser has announced its highest single-quarter profits ever: $3.2 BILLION.

We, the workers at Kaiser, have played a huge part in building this success. Yet instead of sharing in the success all we see are record company profits, skyrocketing reserves, and growing executive salaries.

Kaiser is looking for cuts that would hurt our families and our patients . . .

As we head back into bargaining for our next national contract this week, Kaiser has announced its highest single-quarter profits ever: $3.2 BILLION.

We, the workers at Kaiser, have played a huge part in building this success. Yet instead of sharing in the success all we see are record company profits, skyrocketing reserves, and growing executive salaries.

Kaiser is looking for cuts that would hurt our families and our patients . . .

More than 300 local union member leaders from across the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions met from April 17-18 to mark the start of national bargaining with Kaiser Permanente. After over a year of labor tension and coordinated member actions, to say there was excitement in the room would be an understatement. 

The first day of bargaining provided an opportunity for union leaders to come together and discuss overall bargaining strategy, review our goals and expected outcomes, and participate in work groups and bargaining training. 

Dear KP and CSC members,

I am happy to report that Labor and Management have now agreed to sets of dates through May and June for National Bargaining.  We have agreed to follow the normal format of bargaining in two to three day sets, every two to three weeks.  We will also use sub-groups as in the past to take on issues and make recommendations to the Common Issues Committee (CIC) as we have done successfully in the past.