A union representing 3,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in Colorado voted to authorize a strike if a new deal can’t be reached with the healthcare giant by the end of the month.
DENVER — A union representing 3,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in Colorado voted to authorize a strike if a new labor agreement can’t be reached with the healthcare giant by the end of the month, which is when the current contract expires.
"We've got an overwhelming 99% approval for a possible strike,” said Eric Coleman, a Kaiser Permanente customer service representative and steward with SEIU Local 105. “What we're doing is we want to provide better care to our patients, so that's what we're fighting for." "They're stretched to their limit trying to do the work,” said Coleman, who said some employees like LPNs are doing the work of multiple people due to staffing shortages. “We're looking for livable wages that will attract additional staff so they can help out.”“Our patients have long wait times, whether they're going to the pharmacy, where they're trying to schedule an appointment, mammograms, colonoscopies, you're going to wait a long time,” Coleman said.
Kaiser Permanente also said it hired 29,000 new employees last year and is on track to surpass that this year. It says it continues to negotiate in good faith and is “confident” a new agreement will be reached before September 30.
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