Alliance of Health Care Unions

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Alliance members marching on October 30, 2021.

The Alliance of Health Care Unions (Alliance) is a union federation of 21 local unions representing roughly 52,000 Kaiser Permanente (KP) employees. [1] [2] The Alliance is one of two union federations that are part of the largest and longest running Labor Management Partnership in the U.S. [3] [4] [5] In 2021, more than 40,000 Alliance members were on the verge of the largest open-ended healthcare strike over concerns of short staffing and a two-tier wage system proposed by KP. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] On November 13, 2021, the Alliance and KP reached an agreement that preserved leading wages and benefits and defeated the two-tier system. [14] [15]

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Membership

List of union locals that are part of the Alliance: [2]

Healthcare strikes

Over 40,000 Alliance members gave Kaiser Permanente strike notice and were the verge of a historic healthcare strike over concerns about short staffing and a two-tier wage system. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

"Kaiser Permanente's latest proposal is an insulting 2% wage increase contingent upon union's agreement to a two-tier wage system, which threatens to cut 26-33% of wages for all future hires. Kaiser Permanente also refuses to address the short-staffing impacting all its facilities. Workers report being stressed, overworked, and burnt out while taking care of our community throughout the pandemic." [16]

The strike authorization votes by Alliance Unions became widely anticipated as part of Striketober and Strikesgiving. [17] [18] On November 13, 2021, the Alliance and KP reached an agreement that preserved leading wages and benefits and defeated the two-tier system. [14] [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Our Story". Alliance of Health Care Unions. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Kristi (May 6, 2016). "About LMP". www.lmpartnership.org. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  3. ↑ Kochan, Thomas A.; Eaton, Adrienne E.; McKersie, Robert B.; Adler, Paul S. (February 23, 2011). Healing Together: The Labor-Management Partnership at Kaiser Permanente. Cornell University Press. ISBN   978-0-8014-5812-5.
  4. ↑ The evolving health care landscape : how employees, organizations, and institutions are adapting and innovating. Ariel C. Avgar, Timothy J. Vogus, Labor and Employment Relations Association (First ed.). Champaign, IL. 2016. ISBN   978-0-913447-12-3. OCLC   951760830.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ↑ Kochan, Thomas A.; Adler, Paul S.; Mckersie, Robert B.; Eaton, Adrienne E.; Segal, Phyllis; Gerhart, Paul (January 4, 2008). "The Potential and Precariousness of Partnership: The Case of the Kaiser Permanente Labor Management Partnership: Partnership at Kaiser" . Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society. 47 (1): 36–65. doi:10.1111/j.1468-232X.2008.00503.x. S2CID   14634443.
  6. 1 2 "Kaiser Permanente Workers Rebel Against Two-Tier Wage System (1)". news.bloomberglaw.com. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  7. 1 2 Lanard, Noah. ""You are worth more": Kaiser Permanente workers are on the verge of a historic strike". Mother Jones. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  8. 1 2 "'Time Bomb' Pay-Tier Proposals Sparking Labor Unrest - Law360". www.law360.com. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Nearly 32,000 Kaiser Permanente workers plan strike on Nov. 15". Modern Healthcare. November 4, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  10. 1 2 "Thousands of SoCal pharmacy workers set strike date against Kaiser Permanente". KTLA. November 8, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  11. 1 2 "Nearly 2,000 Kaiser workers in Hawaii to join nationwide strike". www.beckershospitalreview.com. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Kaiser Permanente workers in Georgia OK strike". www.beckershospitalreview.com. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  13. 1 2 "100K Kaiser Permanente workers poised to strike next week". Modern Healthcare. November 12, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  14. 1 2 "Tentative Agreement Reached, Strike Averted". about.kaiserpermanente.org. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  15. 1 2 "Kaiser Permanente's historic labor-management deal survives again". Healthcare Dive. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Thousands of health care workers in Hawaii will join nationwide strike against Kaiser Permanente". KHON2. November 10, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  17. ↑ Gruenberg, Mark (November 9, 2021). "McDonald's and Kaiser workers carry 'Striketober' into 'Strikesgiving'". People's World. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  18. ↑ Kelly, Kim (2022). Fight like hell : the untold history of American labor. Sara Nelson (First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover ed.). New York. ISBN   978-1-9821-7105-6. OCLC   1294391915.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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