With a clinically abysmal mental health care record, the hospital giant has dug in at the bargaining table.
The health care provider canceled patient appointments during a 2022 strike. State regulators say they are making sure the company does not break the law during the current strike in Southern California.
A year after the health care giant settled with California regulators, about 2,400 SoCal mental health workers say patients still lack timely care due to understaffing.
Cuts and turnover, even more than pay, make their jobs impossible, they say.
Once known for strong employee-management relations, its workers now say staffing and pay need to rise to attract and retain the staff Kaiser needs.
Governor could leap past politics and sign unemployment bill just to keep striking workers in an uneven game.
People of color hired in the streaming-era diversity push say they now bear the brunt of inequities.
Extras say they have already been scanned without explanation.
Outdated 1935 federal labor act makes violations hard to prove, penalties easy to pay.
With employers stalling, unions seek to build public pressure by spotlighting CEO pay and corporate excess.
With consolidation and industry diversification, corporate studio and hotel owners have more money to wait out strikes.
From Cocaine Bear to Panda Express, the fight for a living wage is the same.
The district’s massive cash reserve could cover the demands of striking workers. There is a way, but is there the will?
Head of the nation’s largest rail union says the system, not the president, is stacked against workers.
With a partial agreement reached and tens of thousands remaining on strike, UC workers wonder if they can afford the work they love.
Long waits for care, understaffing lead 2,000 workers to give walkout notice.
Union members say a long-running partnership between Kaiser employees and management is under attack.