December 14th, 2012
SEIU’s “Partnership” = $1.8 Billion for Kaiser, layoffs and benefit cuts for workers
When SEIU gave away our retiree health benefits in national bargaining this June, SEIU-UHW claimed it wasn’t really a benefit cut. Now, Kaiser’s Quarterly Financial Report has revealed that SEIU’s retiree health giveaway saved Kaiser more than $1.8 billion. You can read it in black and white. (Please print and share that leaflet with your […]
December 11th, 2012
It’s official: SEIU can’t stop the coming Kaiser S&T election
The full body of the National Labor Relations Board — the federal government agency that oversees union elections — has rejected SEIU’s last minute attempt to stop the Kaiser Service and Tech re-run election from happening. This is great news for healthcare workers at Kaiser. It means that there’s nothing stopping us from moving forward and casting […]
November 28th, 2012
A contract victory for NUHW at Hazel Hawkins
In June, 175 of us at Hazel Hawkins voted to join NUHW. Now we are celebrating bargaining a great three-year NUHW contract at our hospital. Our settlement, which we are scheduled to ratify on December 4th, contains these important highlights: 13.5% in wage increases over 3 years (retroactive to July, 2012) re-instituting full step increases […]
November 27th, 2012
Hiding layoffs? It’s NOT okay.
SEIU and Kaiser have known about planned layoffs affecting more than 1,000 healthcare workers for months. They just didn’t tell us about it. The head of UNAC, a nurses’s union in Southern California and part of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions hinted at Kaiser’s plans in a letter to UNAC members: “Kaiser approached […]
November 20th, 2012
Our future at Kaiser under SEIU
Salary Reduction, Pension / Benefits Freeze, Firing Staff This picture was taken last week by a worker who walked into a conference room during a break in a meeting of Kaiser executives. This picture is unaltered, and it’s chilling. This is our future under SEIU and the Kaiser Coalition of Unions. Even though Kaiser has […]