KP Strike Vote Update: It’s Our Turn
Our over 80,000 KP member strong coalition is fired up all across the country. Just last week, 98% of California Kaiser members voted YES to strike if necessary. This week, our coalition partners SEIU Local 49 in Oregon and SW Washington are casting their votes. It’s our turn Colorado! Starting this Monday, August 26th, voting […]
KP Update: $5 Billion in Profits
$5 BILLION IN PROFITS Kaiser can’t hide its greed. After telling Colorado frontline workers that all they are worth is a 1% raise, over the weekend, Kaiser just reported $2 billion MORE in profits for 2019. They’ve made more — $5.2 Billion — in only 6 months than they have ever made in an entire […]
KP Update: Majority of Colorado Ready to Strike
Despite efforts by Kaiser executives to divide and confuse us over the past week, Colorado KP members are showing they’re united and ready to strike if necessary. By Friday, a majority – over 50% – of SEIU Local 105 Kaiser members have signed the pledge to strike! We have to keep up the momentum. Contact your stewards […]
KP Update: Strike Pledges Pouring In
After Kaiser’s disrespectful proposal earlier this week, KP caregivers across Colorado are showing management that they are ready to strike if necessary. STRIKE PLEDGE OFF TO A STRONG START In just two weeks we have over 1000 STRIKE PLEDGES SIGNED! Healthcare workers at Longmont have reached 100% of their coworkers who have signed the pledge […]
KP Update: Kaiser’s Latest Disrespect
Kaiser’s Disrespect We’ve all seen over the past year and a half how disrespectfully Kaiser has treated us during negotiations. They illegally refused to bargain with us. Then, they completed all scheduled negotiations without ever giving us a written economic proposal. Now, they expect us to bargain over email and telephone calls! Yes, you heard […]
KP Update: 1000 Strike Pledges
Last week, your actions resulted in the most successful healthcare worker informational pickets in years when hundreds picketed in one day! On Saturday, over ONE HUNDRED KP 105 members convened to discuss the next steps and create a plan of action after Kaiser’s greed caused the end of scheduled bargaining to break down for 85,000 workers–the first time in […]
KP Bargaining Update: The Final Week!
This week, July 9-11th is the final round of bargaining with Kaiser Permanente! After illegally refusing to negotiate, your actions brought KP back to the bargaining table in May. In the past two months KP’s proposals for the 85,000 members strong coalition, including 3500 right here in Colorado, have been nothing short of a disgrace to the workers […]
KP Bargaining: End of June Update
Kaiser management is showing their greed once again. KP opened up bargaining last week with a contract proposal that demands major cuts, including: Copay increases to $20; More outsourcing and automation of our jobs; Lower pay, elimination of pensions, less time off — starting with new hires, then we’d be next. After raising their CEO’s pay […]
KP Bargaining Update: Corporate Greed
Yesterday, Kaiser presented their economic proposals in bargaining. They are outrageous. Kaiser has money for their CEO to get a 60% pay raise, to $16 million a year. Kaiser has money to build a fancy new 900 million dollar office building in Oakland. But, when it comes to our raises and benefits, they cry poor. Kaiser wants to […]
KP Update: 8,000 Dollars An Hour
(To read our last bargaining update click on this link.) We are just one week away from our next bargaining session with Kaiser Permanente starting June 18th-20th, in Los Angeles, and your Colorado KP coworkers are fired up to demand quality patient care and better working conditions for all. HERE’S WHAT WE’RE DEMANDING: Our FAIR Share. Kaiser made […]
