IN THE MEDIA: Press Coverage of Kaiser Permanente Contract Campaign

The Guardian

34,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers prepare to strike in  the largest walkout in this fall’s strike wave.

Healthcare Dive

Kaiser healthcare workers will go on strike on Nov. 15 - posing a significant challenge to operations in  Southern California. 

NPR -  Business

Kaiser Permanente health care workers decry the employer's proposed two-tier system, saying patient care could  suffer.

The Washington Post

After authorizing a strike, UNAC/UHCP members speak about strengthen their power through the use of technology. 

LA TIMES

Thousands of Kaiser Permanente employees in SCAL voted to authorize a strike against the healthcare giant.

NPR -  Morning Edition

NPR  talks  about  how the struggle to recruit and retain workers will worsen under  KP's contract proposal.

Capital & Main

Kaiser Permanente health care professionals may strike over KP's proposed two-tier pay system. 

NPR -  Morning Edition

NPR  talks  about  how the struggle to recruit and retain workers will worsen under  KP's contract proposal.

Fox 5 San Diego

Kaiser Permanente health care workers authorize strike.

KCAL 9 LA

96% of Kaiser Permanente’s  healthcare workers vote to authorize strike.

ABC 7

Thousands of Kaiser Permanente employees vote to authorize strike in SoCal.

The Seattle Times

Kaiser Permanente workers in California, Oregon authorize strike. 

Washinton Post

24,000+ health care workers at Kaiser Permanente authorized a strike, threatening to walkout over pay and working conditions. 

Health Care Dive

24,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in Southern California have voted to authorize a strike,.

Daily Breeze

Kaiser health care workers vote to authorize strike at Southern California hospitals, clinics. 

Business Insider

Nearly 18,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente vote to authorize strike, rejecting pay cuts for new hires.

Times of San Diego

Southern California Kaiser Permanente union members vote to authorize strike.

CBS 8 News

Nurses told CBS 8 about why they were taking a strike vote: chronic short-staffing, burnout, and a concern for patient safety. 

Orange County Register

The report comes as 24K Kaiser Permanente nurses and other health care workers move closer to a strike.

KNX 1070 News Radio

"How are you going to protect patient care if you don’t invest in those who provide it?”

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KFI AM 640 Radio

Southern California Kaiser Permanente health care professionals vote to authorize strike.

The Guardian

UNAC/UHCP is part of a wave of health care, Hollywood, and other workers  fighting cuts and seeking better safety and conditions.

CBS News 8
San Diego

Kaiser Permanente proposals are unacceptable: Lower wages for workers doing the same amount of work.

Becker’s Hospital Review

If Kaiser Permanente intends to force these wage cuts, it could lead to nationwide actions, including a strike.

Health Care Dive

Union activity at hospitals  has been increasing  since the onset of the pandemic, as health care workers have been stretched to the brink.

LA Daily News

Our 24-year partnership with Kaiser is “on life support." We can no longer sit back and watch the employer dismantle our partnership.

ABC 10 News

Nurses told ABC 10 that

they were short-staffed, overworked, and concerned about patient safety.

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Modern Healthcare

UNAC/UHCP is pausing participation in its labor-management partnership and is prepared to ask its members to vote on a strike.

Fierce Healthcare

With the COVID-19 pandemic still in full swing, KP's proposal would be “certain to make staffing shortages worse.” 

Payday Report

24,000 members of UNAC/UHCP will take a vote to authorize a strike at Kaiser Permanente.