News and Bargaining Updates

Fontana Pharmacy Assistants Training Opportunity

Attention Fontana Pharmacy Assistants!

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

Exciting News for USW 7600 Members: New Office in Riverside!

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

Hard Work and Determined Organizing Pay Off with Strong New National Tentative Agreement!

After careful preparation, months of organizing in unprecedented numbers, and long days and nights in negotiating sessions stretching from May to September, we have finally secured a strong tentative agreement (TA) that met our key goals: a good wage increase, better benefits, new LMP and educational trust funds for our Alliance union members, and a plan to get our LMP back on track.

As bargaining continues next week, we’re more united than ever

With the expiration of the National Agreement looming at the end of the month, negotiations will resume in Los Angeles on Monday, September 17.

Some progress has been made in prior rounds of talks, but there is a lot of ground to cover in a short time. The meeting will be at the Sheraton Gateway near LAX.

Make your voice heard on Monday!

Since we'll be bargaining on Monday, please wear your union colors on Monday next week. Be sure to you're talking to co-workers and supervisors about the key issues.

Photos from Second Annual Labor Day Event

A big thank you to everyone that made it to our second-annual Labor Day event. 

Check out some photos from the day below!

Coordinated Bargaining resumes Tuesday, August 28 Show you support your bargaining team!

On Tuesday, August 28, national bargaining will resume in Los Angeles. If you haven’t yet signed our bargaining pledge​, please sign ​now! 

Bargaining Update

A NEW CONTRACT THAT WILL DICTATE HOW MUCH YOU GET PAID, HOW MUCH YOU PAY TO SEE A DOCTOR, HOW MUCH YOU PAY TO FILL YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS, AND HOW MUCH CONTROL COMPANY HAS OVER YOUR SCHEDULE.

Company is serious about:

1.      Wanting the unilateral right to cancel your shifts at the last minute. That means you wouldn’t be able to plan or budget your life.

2.      Increasing copays to $20 every time you go to the doctor, get a procedure done, or fill a prescription. Those expenses would add up quickly and could turn one doctor’s visit into a lot of money.

Bargaining Continues

Our contract expires on October 1, 2018 and it’s more important than ever for all members of Local 7600 to build from the powerful wave of engagement we had on Sunday, July 8, until we win another standard-setting agreement.

Click to sign our pledge to show you continue to support our bargaining campaign.

Kaiser Permanente’s priorities are in stark contrast to ours:

Biggest-Ever Union Rally Boosts Union Negotiators as Bargaining Heads Into Extra Innings

After an unprecedented show of strength by more than 2,500 union members who rallied at national coordinated bargaining, which included more than 500 Local 7600 members, labor and management reached a few tentative agreements, but called for more bargaining on August 28-29 to finalize a new National Agreement.

Local 7600 Civil & Human Rights Committee Wins USW Cares Jefferson Award

Congratulations to our Local 7600 Civil & Human Rights Committee for being selected as District 12's-2018 USW Cares Jefferson Award recipient.

Well done -- thank you for your continuous hard work and dedication to our members and our community! 

Click on the PDF below to read the letter from USW International President Leo W. Gerard and District 12 Director Robert LaVenture congratulating the committee.