Kaiser Permanente reaches a tentative deal with health care worker unions after a recent strike

Kaiser Permanente Reaches , Tentative Deal With Union Workers. On Oct. 4, over 75,000 unionized employees of the not-for-profit health care provider took part in the "largest-ever health care strike" in America's history, CNN reports. The strike lasted for three days, but the unions threatened to go on an eight-day strike in November if a deal isn't reached by Oct. 31. On Oct. 13, the union coalition took to X to announce that a tentative agreement has been reached. The frontline health care workers of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions are excited to have reached a tentative agreement with Kaiser Permanente, Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, via X. We are thankful for the instrumental support of Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su, Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, via X. Details of the deal have yet to be disclosed, but employees are seeking better pay and staffing. 40% of the health care provider's non-physician staff is represented by the union coalition. Such workers include nurses, EMTs, X-ray technicians, respiratory care practitioners and more. If rank-and-file members vote "no" on the tentative agreement, another strike could still take place. Kaiser Permanente "operates 39 hospitals and 622 medical offices," CNN reports.