Kaiser Permanente, strike and United Nurses Association
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(FOX40.COM) — The Starbucks Workers United announced that hundreds of baristas from 26 new stores are joining the picket lines to protest fair wages and working conditions. Meanwhile, Starbucks said the strike has had little impact on its customers ...
Steve Ackerman, international union rep for Steelworkers Local 3057, said union meeting with ArcelorMittal Jan. 12.
The MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital and its employee union didn't reach a contract agreement at the last bargaining session so the strike will continue.
The walkout at nearly 20 Kaiser hospitals and 200 clinics is set to begin Jan. 26, with no end in sight. A union leader warns of delayed or canceled surgeries and appointments.
It’s a smaller price to pay. New York State Nurses Association union negotiators asked for smaller, 18% wage increases for nurses on strike at three Mount Sinai hospitals, officials confirmed Friday — as the historic walkout’s second week drew to a close.
Thousands of nurses at several major New York City medical centers striking amid stalled contract negotiations don’t have to “abandon their patients,” but rather their union, to avoid paying fines for continuing to work.
A previous vote in favour of strike action was unable to pass due to a low turnout.