Tens of Thousands of Kaiser Permanente Workers Are Prepared to Strike
As negotiations continue between Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Health Care Unions, which represents 50,000 workers at the company, Kaiser’s workforce is preparing to strike. Tens of thousands have authorized a stoppage, should bargaining stall.
The Antelope Valley Kaiser Permanente facility in Lancaster, California. (Daysi Janssen / Flickr)
Sonia Bracey, a medical assistant, has worked for Kaiser Permanente for twenty-five years. When she first got a job at the health care giant, which serves 12 million patients across the country, she was proud to be associated with the company, recruiting friends and family members to work there.
Now, as Kaiser negotiates a new contract to cover some 50,000 workers at locations spanning from California to Hawaii to Georgia, Bracey doesn’t feel the way she used to.
“When I clock out, the first thing I do is remove my badge,” she says.
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