Tentative Agreement on Contract Averts Strike by Nurses at Kaiser
A tentative contract agreement reached late Thursday between management and nurses at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center averted a one-day strike that had been set to start at midnight, officials said.
Bob McCloskey of Service Employees International Union, Local 535 said the tentative four-year labor agreement calls for 3% raises during the first year, and raises over the next three years based on pay increases at a group of 41 Southland hospitals.
“The agreement calls for across-the-board increases the first year and what we believe will be fair increases over the next three,” McCloskey said, adding that the union is set to vote on ratifying the contract by next week.
Tom Lee, chief negotiator for Kaiser, confirmed the tentative agreement.
He said details of the agreement would be released in the next few days.
The 600 or so nurses at the Sunset Boulevard facility represented by the union say they have not had a raise in five years.
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