Kaiser Permanente and NUHW held their fifth bargaining session

Kaiser Permanente and NUHW met on Thursday, August 29, for their fifth bargaining session. The parties discussed a range of union proposals during the morning and afternoon sessions. Morning discussion topics included:

• Patient Management Time
• Technology
• Associates
• Subcontracting
• Staffing Committee
• Regional Professional Practice Committee
• Leaves of Absence
• Distribution of Agreement and Notice to Union of New Employees

The union also delivered counterproposals on:  

• Seniority Policies
• Request for Temporary Reductions/Alternate Schedules/Job Sharing

Kaiser Permanente presented a counterproposal for Leaves of Absence and encouraged NUHW to submit its full economic proposal — something we also requested during the previous bargaining session held on August 20.

During the afternoon discussions, NUHW submitted new proposals — most of which are considered economic — including:

• Preceptor Language/Differential
• Incentive Plan Metrics
• Education Leave
• Bereavement Leave
• Student Loan Repayment
• Bilingual Differential
• Weekend Differential
• Cell Phone Reimbursement

Kaiser Permanente is evaluating these proposals.

No new tentative agreements were reached. Kaiser Permanente and NUHW have signed 5 tentative agreements since bargaining began on July 31.

The next in-person sessions are scheduled for September 4, September 16, September 24, and September 30.