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October 16, 2023

Healthcare Workers at Kaiser Win Safer Staffing Levels and Pay Raises After Historic Strike
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Healthcare workers have reached a tentative agreement with Kaiser
Permanente, a week after some 75,000 employees walked off their jobs for
three days, the largest-ever healthcare strike in U.S. history. The
proposed agreement reached Friday includes pay raises, with a minimum of
$25 an hour in California and $23 an hour in other states. Kaiser also
committed to speed up the hiring of new employees to help address
ongoing staff shortages.

Separately, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation to raise
the minimum wage of healthcare workers to $25 per hour over the next
decade.


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