Tag: Kaiser Permanente
California’s Pharmacy Board Is Actively Endangering Californians: A Patient’s Perspective
In 2019, Governor Newsom signed a bill (Assembly Bill 973) into law that opened the floodgates for the California State Board of Pharmacy (BOP) to regulate compounding pharmacies out of existence—particularly the highly specialized sterile compounding pharmacies, of which only...
Kaiser Permanente Strike Ends Following Deal With Coalition Of Unions
The Kaiser Permanente health care strike ended on Friday following a new deal with several unions which incudes a 21% wage increase over the next four years. The Kaiser strike began on October 4th, with 75,000 employees striking nationwide for...
Three Huge Strikes Impact California: Kaiser Permanente, SAG-AFTRA, WGA
Two major strikes involving the healthcare industry and the entertainment industry continued on Thursday, with both the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television (SAG-AFTRA) and Kaiser Permanente workers both currently negotiating to end the strikes as soon as possible. While...
LA City Council votes for $25 a Hour Wage Increase For All Private Hospital Workers
The Los Angeles City Council voted 10-2 to increase the minimum wage for workers at private hospitals to $25 an hour on Tuesday. The proposed increase, which would affect all workers in the hospital and not just healthcare workers, has...
30,000 Kaiser Permanente Healthcare Employees Set to Strike Nov. 15
Kaiser Permanente in Southern California is set to strike November 15th, the Globe was told Thursday by a Kaiser physician. The walkout is expected to impact 366 Southern California hospitals and medical centers in Anaheim, the Antelope Valley, Baldwin Park,...
Kaiser Permanente Mental Health Employees Begin Week-Long Strike Across California
Over 4,000 Kaiser Permanente mental health employees went on strike throughout California Monday over better working conditions, better mental health care, and reduced benefits. A strike by the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) had been in the works for...