Training will be offered on an off-shift basis. This is Shift 3 and 4's day off.

Coffee and donuts in the morning, as well as lunch, will be provided. Contact the union hall or your divisional chair to sign up for this class.

Training will be offered on an off-shift basis. This is Shift 3 and 4's day off.

Coffee and donuts in the morning, as well as lunch, will be provided. Contact the union hall or your divisional chair to sign up for this class.

Strike Notice: 32,000 Alliance members in SCAL and Northwest have announced they will strike starting November 15

NATIONAL BARGAINING UPDATE

TODAY, THREE OF THE ALLIANCE’S LARGEST UNIONS – UNAC/UHCP (SCAL BARGAINING UNITS), USW LOCAL 7600, AND OFNHP – HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL STRIKE STARTING NOVEMBER 15 UNLESS NEGOTIATIONS IMPROVE. COLLECTIVELY, THE THREE UNIONS REPRESENT 32,000 KAISER PERMANENTE WORKERS IN CA, OR, AND WA. AN ADDITIONAL 8,000 ALLIANCE MEMBERS HAVE TAKEN STRIKE VOTES AND MAY ISSUE A STRIKE NOTICE SHORTLY.

KP’s new coercive proposal doubles down on two-tier, asking workers to sell out future colleagues for a 2% one-time bonus

In light of historic labor shortages and half of a million health care workers leaving the profession, and the sacrifices of the past 20 months, KP doubled down on a two-tier proposal to reduce wages for future hires - worsening the staffing crisis and harming patient care.

KP’s new two-tier proposal -- Agree to pay new hires below the market median OR KP will unilaterally reduce wages by 15% for all future hires by 2024.

KP’s proposal ties a 2% lump-sum bonus for the third and fourth year to a two-tier wage scale - attempting to twist the arm of health care heroes to sell out their future colleagues. Under KP’s new proposal, if union members don’t agree to a two-tier wage proposal that reduces the top of the wage scale to no more than 10% “above the market median” in 2023, KP will unilaterally reduce the current wage rate by 15% for ALL jobs for future hires. It’s a “heads we win, tails you lose” proposition. This would ensure that KP starting rates are below the market median, and that even top rates would be just slightly above the median. And KP has been considering all kinds of inappropriate comparisons in determining the “market’’ including rehab nursing homes, small rural hospitals, non-union employers, etc.

On November 2, 2021, KP made a new economic proposal for a four-year national contract.

KP Offers An Insulting 2% ATB Wage Increase

At a time when other healthcare systems are offering represented workers historic across-the-board wage increases, Kaiser Permanente execs are only offering 2% ATB’s. While this is an...

At the economic subcommittee meeting on Nov. 2, 2021, KP made a new economic proposal for a four year national contract:

• 2% across the board wage increases
• 2% lump sums year 1 and year 2 of the contract (this will be taxed at 40% and does not contribute to your pension)
• 2% lump sums year 3 and year 4 only if the Alliance agrees to a two-tier lower wage scale
• KP continues to ignore important union priorities like staffing, wage justice, and others

This is unacceptable. Today at 4 pm, we gave Kaiser Permanente 10 days notice of an unfair labor practice strike.

We join our Alliance siblings at UNAC/UHCP and OFNHP to make over 32,000 members ready and willing to go on strike starting Monday, November 15 at 7 am.

Now is the time to stand together to show KP we are willing to do what it takes to protest their serious unfair labor practices and fight off their misguided two-tier wage proposal, which will worsen the staffing crisis and harm patient care.

We continually showed up during the darkest days of the pandemic, and this is the thanks we get from KP. Shame on them! 

It is time to stop talking about it and to start being about it. No one is going to fight this battle for us, and we owe it to future generations to stand strong for our patients and our families.

In the coming days, we need everyone to stand up and help. More information and details will be coming soon.

Together we will win!

USW Local 8599 Family , please see the attached flyer for the 24th Annual Fontana Santa Program. If you are able, please donate an unwrapped toy or gift card to this program. Bring a smile to the face of a child during the Holidays.  Donations are accepted throughout the District and at the Union Hall. 

The 9/1/18 United Steelworkers Basic Labor Agreement (BLA) provides for a profit-sharing pool of 7.5% of the company’s profits, defined as Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT).  The company reported an unaudited Adjusted EBIT of $779,553,219.06 

PEP payments since 9/1/12 are $32,270,000. This is in excess of the $26,500,000 pre-existing pool which was funded by the 2012 Basic Labor Agreement by $5,770,000. $620,000 was deducted from the profit sharing generated in Q2 2021, the balance of $720,000 will be deducted from the profit-sharing generated in Q3 2021. As a result, the profit-sharing pool after the PEP deduction is $57,746,491.43.

There were 5,818,912.85 eligible hours worked resulting in a profit-sharing amount of $9.924 per hour with a maximum of 48 eligible hours per week.

$9.924 x 520 hours = $5,160.48
$9.924 x 624 hours = $6,192.58

In Solidarity, 
Pete Trinidad Sr. 
USW 6787
President