Kaiser workers plan to strike next month
(Honolulu Star-Advertiser) – Nearly 1,900 union workers at Kaiser Permanente Hawaii plan to go on a six-day strike starting Feb. 2.
Union advises there may be a possible strike for Kaiser Permanente
(KHON 2) – Local 5, the union representing workers at Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics, sent a 10-day strike notice to the healthcare provider. This does not mean the workers will strike, but it provided notification a strike is possible.
Kaiser Permanente Workers Strike: Gerald Penaflor
(Hawaii Public Radio) – By Beth-Ann Kozlovich. Over the past few years, some Kaiser workers affiliated with Unite Here Local 5 have held specifically targeted work stops – in 2013 there were four intermittent strikes including the protest over the closure of the Honolulu Clinic Urgent Care Center. But last fall’s clash over pensions and other issues recently led union members who work for Kaiser to consider a system-wide action. Gerald Penaflor will be out on strike. He’s a Lab Assistant at Kaiser Permanente Moanalua and he joined us to talk about the strike.
The Logic of Short Hospital Strikes
(Lab0r Notes) – by Alexandra Bradbury. Picture a strong strike. Production is halted, right? The factory floor is empty, machines stand silent, robust pickets keep scabs out. The boss, caught off guard and losing money by the day—or the hour—relents and agrees to the workers’ demands. – See more at: http://labornotes.org/2014/12/logic-short-hospital-strikes#sthash.mxaNxQ4H.dpuf
Hawaiian Health Care Workers Push Back Against Health Care Giant Kaiser Permanente
(In These Times) – By Steve Early. Mary Ann Barnes, the newly arrived president of health care giant Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii, recently informed hospital workers that the world figure she most admires is the late Mother Teresa—because of “her humanity and selflessness.”
Kaiser Runs Aground in Hawaii
(Labor Notes) – By Steve Early. Her top management priority “is to make sure that the work environment is as good as it can be…so that everyone can love what they do,” explained Mary Ann Barnes, new president of Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii, in the employee newsletter.