News and Bargaining Updates

The Kaiser Permanente Southern California Region is experiencing a high Urgent Care and Emergency Department patient census resulting in an increased demand for staffing as a result of COVID-19 imp

The past week, in Riverside, Ontario, Corona and Fontana, hundreds of front-line employees attended several information meetings to hear about the latest news regarding our upcoming contract negotiation and the new strategic alliance of like-minded partner unions we just formed.

If you missed those meetings, here’s a recap of some of the information that was shared.

If anyone challenges your right to participate in any Labor-Management Partnership (LMP) functions, stay at the meetings and explain that we are committed to making the partnership work for all. You have the right and responsibility to participate in LMP meetings. We are committed, as always, to top-quality patient care and dignity in our workplace through being active and involved participants in the LMP.

LOS ANGELES, CA—The Alliance of Health Care Unions (AHCU) announced its name today and its first hire: Executive Director Peter diCicco, founder and longtime Executive Director of the original Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, from which the alliance unions withdrew last week.

Please join us for one of the following quick, informational meetings about our upcoming contract negotiations. You can stop in during your break or lunch, or before or after your shift. If you cannot make an in-person session, please join us on the Town Hall Conference Call Wednesday evening.

If you have any questions regarding Local Union Elections, please call Fontana Union Hall 909 302-0000

On Monday, March 26, 2018, we made a final decision to leave the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions (CKPU) and form an alliance of like-minded partner unions, which will include UNAC/UHCP and HGEA (AFSCME), UFCW Locals 1167, 135, 1428, 1442, 324, 770, 555, 7, 1996, 27, 400, and 21, USW Local 7600, IBT Local 166, KPNAA, IUOE Local 501 and Local 1, OFNHP (AFT Local 5017), and ILWU Local 28. Together, we represent over 45,000 members across hundreds of job classifications in nearly every geographic area where Kaiser Permanente has a presence.

Below is the PSP Award Results Base and Attendance Achievement

If the employee achieved the attendance goals, the dollar amount in the last minute sick (three days or fewer or four days or fewer) column should be added to the base payout for the medical center area. If the medical center area made the non-protected absence goal, the payout listed in that column should be added to the base payout. 

On Behalf of the USW Local 7600 Civil and Human Rights and SOAR Committees we want to thank everyone who participated in the 2nd Annual Holiday Toy Drive. Whether it was generous donations of toy’s, volunteering of time or recommending a struggling family within our membership or in the community, with out all of you we could not have made such a difference in the lives of over 40 children and their families.