Kaiser Permanente Nurses in California Approve Deal for 19,000 (1)

Nurses at Kaiser Permanente facilities in northern and central California approved a contract that raises wages for roughly 19,000 workers, a representative from their union told Bloomberg Law April 23.

Members of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United started voting on the deal March 26. It covers registered nurses and nurse practitioners in 21 locations. The last group voted on April 20, the CNA representative said.

This pact is the union’s biggest and California is the company’s busiest hub. Almost 9 million people in the Golden State have health plans with Kaiser Permanente, compared to its mid-Atlantic region, which has ...