Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Health Care Unions reached a tentative agreement on Saturday after more than 30,000 Kaiser Permanente employees threatened to strike on Monday due to a labor dispute.
After battling the coronavirus pandemic for more than 20 months, union nurses and support staff were asking for higher pay and better working conditions beginning Monday.
Kaiser, an Oakland-based company, had warned its members of a possible disruption to services.
More than 96% of Kaiser Permanente’s nurses and healthcare workers, who are members of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Professionals, voted to authorize a strike last month.