Kaiser Nurses Reach Deal on New Contract, Call Off Strike
On Friday, the California Nurses Association called off a two-day strike scheduled to begin Wednesday after reaching a tentative agreement with Kaiser Permanente on a new three-year contract. The proposed contract would create hundreds of new nursing jobs and increase nurses' pay by 14% over three years.
- "Kaiser Nurses Reach Agreement, Call Off Strike" (Dembosky, "State of Health," KQED, 1/17).
- "No Strike: Kaiser, Nurses Reach Tentative Pact With 14 Percent Raise" (Noguchi, Inside Bay Area News/Mercury News, 1/19).