Tentative Deal Reached Between Union Workers and Kaiser Permanente After Historic Health Care Strike

Kaiser Permanente has reached a tentative agreement with the unions representing 75,000 employees following the largest-ever health care strike in US history. The union coalition, representing 40% of Kaiser Permanente's non-physician workforce, had been seeking better pay and improved staffing levels. Details of the deal were not immediately available, and rank-and-file members will vote on the tentative labor agreement. The strike lasted three days, but the coalition had threatened an eight-day strike next month if a new deal was not reached. The health care sector has seen increased strike activity, with unions and workers expressing concerns about pay and staffing shortages impacting the quality of care.