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Health care workers gain 21% wage increase in pending agreement with Kaiser Permanente after historic strike

  • Written by Michael McQuarrie, Director of the Center for Work and Democracy, Arizona State University
imageStriking Kaiser Permanente workers hold signs as they march on Oct. 6, 2023, in Vallejo, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions reached a tentative agreement with its employer on a new four-year contract on Oct. 13, 2023. They agreed following the largest documented strike of U.S. health care workers on record,...

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