From NUHW
About 2,500 Kaiser Permanente employees throughout Southern California will be out on the picket line to protest Kaiser’s unfair labor practices and refusal to bargain in good faith toward a fair contract that protects patient care and leaves workers’ benefits intact.
On Thursday, they will be joined by approximately 1,500 NUHW members in Northern California as well as 17,000 Registered Nurses in the California Nurses Association and 2,000 Stationary Engineers who are striking in sympathy with NUHW in the biggest walk-out in Kaiser’s history.
Despite enjoying record profits over the last two and a half years of over $5.7 billion, Kaiser administrators refuse to address workers’ concerns about chronic short staffing and its negative impacts on patient care, and continue to insist on implementing major reductions to workers’ healthcare coverage and retirement benefits.
See this video of Kaiser mental health clinicians describing how chronic short-staffing at Kaiser adversely impacts patient care: http://kaiserunited.org/2011/09/kaiser-mental-health-workers-speak-out/
At Kaiser’s flagship Southern California hospital, Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center (LAMC), more than 1,100 NUHW-represented Registered Nurses will walk off the job for three days beginning tomorrow morning.
Throughout the Southern California region, over 1,300 Social Workers, Therapists, Health Educators, Dietitians, Speech Pathologists and Audiologists will engage in a two-day strike on September 21st and 22nd, also beginning at 6am Wednesday.
To find picket locations in Los Angeles, Fontana and San Diego, see above or click on this link: http://kaiserunited.org/2011/09/socal-picket-locations/
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