Kaiser Permanente Workers Deserve ‘Fair’ Deal: U.S. Senators (1)

Eight Senate Democrats weighed in on the Kaiser Permanente labor dispute, urging the company to negotiate a “fair contract” as more than 32,000 nurses, physician assistants, and other workers plan to strike Nov. 15.

The senators, led by Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), wrote to Kaiser Chair and CEO Greg Adams on Friday, saying the workers “deserve a fair wage increase” and pointing out that many “risked their lives to save patients” during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The workers are planning to strike unless negotiations improve, and another 8,000 of their colleagues have also authorized a strike. They are represented by a handful ...