Union says workers are underpaid, lack pension benefits. Company says salaries are above market.
Kaiser Permanente employees picket outside Kaiser Permanente La Mesa on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023 in La Mesa, CA. The union that represents nearly 2,400 mental health care workers in Southern California — 316 in San Diego County — filed a strike notice with Kaiser Permanente on Friday, putting their employer on notice that they intend to launch an “indefinite” strike starting on Oct. 21.
In a statement, the union says a strike is necessary for a range of reasons, from pay to benefits. Preparation time, the number of hours granted to workers to handle paperwork and write treatment plans, has long been a point of contention. The union says that Kaiser mental health workers in Northern California receive seven hours of prep time per week, compared with just two in Southern California.
Kaiser issued its own statement Friday morning, stating that the administrative time request “could result in a full-time therapist spending 40% or more of their work week not seeing patients.
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