Su Notches Second Labor Win With Kaiser’s Health-Care Union Deal

Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su is being lauded for helping bring together a tentative labor agreement for Kaiser Permanente workers, the latest example of her assisting in labor disputes that threatened to sideline critical economic sectors.

Late last week, leaders of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions announced they had reached a tentative agreement with the health-care giant just days after Su began visiting the bargaining table, staving off a potential second strike of 75,000 workers across six states and the District of Columbia.

“Collective bargaining works,” Su said during a press conference Oct. 13. “It may not always look ...