""Kaiser management unlawfully undermined contract negotiations and attempted to intimidate workers exercising their legal right to strike," the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) said in a statement."
""Unfortunately, despite the recent agreement to return to local bargaining, UNAC/UHCP intends an open-ended strike beginning at 7am on Jan. 26 at some of our California and Hawaii facilities," the company said."
""Kaiser Permanente on Monday countered that it has been bargaining with UNAC/UHCP and the Alliance of Health Care Unions for more than seven months, and said the union has agreed to return to \"local bargaining\".""
Approximately 31,000 registered nurses and healthcare professionals began an open-ended strike at Kaiser Permanente facilities in California and Hawaii over contract disputes and staffing concerns. The walkout affects more than two dozen hospitals, including San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland, and hundreds of clinics. UNAC/UHCP alleges Kaiser management unlawfully undermined negotiations and attempted to intimidate workers, and filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board after talks broke off in December. Kaiser says it has been bargaining for more than seven months and that the union agreed to return to local bargaining. The union delivered a strike notice on Jan. 15 and set the walkout to begin Jan. 26 at 7 a.m., intending to continue until a new contract is reached.
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