Both sides confirmed that talks, set to expire Sunday, will run through Monday, suggesting that strike could still be averted
With the threat of a strike looming, contract negotiations between the Service Employees International Union and Kaiser Permanente, set to end Sunday, will continue through Monday.
The integrated medical provider, which provides both health insurance and the full spectrum of care for the patients it covers, said that talks have brokered “guaranteed across-the-board wage increases,” including a proposed $21 minimum wage in several states where it operates outside California, including Washington, Oregon and Colorado, and a $23 minimum in California, starting in 2024.
Kaiser insists that it is doing what it can, and more than many of its competitors, to make sure there are enough workers to care for a growing number of sick patients, many who delayed receiving care during the pandemic and are now arriving in droves. In San Diego, service workers, which include licensed vocational nurses, technicians and environmental service workers, are represented by the Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 30 which voted in late September to authorize a strike if no new contract was brokered by Sept. 30, the final day of the union’s previous contract.
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