News and Bargaining Updates

Attention Fontana Pharmacy Assistants!

Kaiser Permanente has an exciting training opportunity exclusively for Full-time, Part-time, and On-call Pharmacy Assistants under USW.

We are thrilled to announce the opening of a new office right in the heart of Riverside, California, just across the street from Kaiser Permanente on Magnolia Avenue and Polk (the old patient suppo

You made it clear that we were not going to accept 2-tier wages for new hires, that we needed progress on WAGE JUSTICE in the IE, and that we deserved more than 1%.

In response, we joined together like never before, in unity and solidarity, and showed the world that we were willing to do whatever it took to get a fair contract.

Our Tentative Agreement includes wage increases and wage justice, major staffing improvements, and two-tier is defeated.

FAQ's

Where do I go to picket?
You should go to your work site unless you work from home or you were told a different location. 

I work from home. Where do I go?
You may have gotten a text message from the union about your picket line assignment. If you don’t have that information, go to the closest medical center. 

When negotiations get tough our goal is to reach an agreement without a strike. But that depends on our employer, so it’s important to plan ahead and prepare ourselves.

Strike Notice: 32,000 Alliance members in SCAL and Northwest have announced they will strike starting November 15

NATIONAL BARGAINING UPDATE

At the economic subcommittee meeting on Nov. 2, 2021, KP made a new economic proposal for a four year national contract: