Kaiser Talks Stall at Union Strike’s Midpoint, SEIU Head Says

Collective bargaining talks have broken down between Kaiser Permanente and its staff union amid the largest health-care strike in US history, a top union official said.

Bargaining is “not happening today, and we’ll see if tomorrow the employer returns to the table and is able to settle this dispute,” Mary Kay Henry, international president of the Service Employees International Union, told Bloomberg TV in an interview Thursday.

Service Employees International Union International President Mary Kay Henry speaks to “Bloomberg Markets.”

Source: Bloomberg

Talks stalled Wednesday night over wages, outsourcing protections for current workers, and safe staffing levels at medical facilities, according to the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions.

More than 75,000 workers ...