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News| October 1, 2025
Our Kaiser National Agreement Has Expired: Time’s up Kaiser!
Our National Agreement between Kaiser Permanente and the 22 Alliance of Health Care Unions expired this morning. While national bargaining continued this week, we also worked at our local Kern, CLS, and Pharmacy tables to resolve remaining items. After several long days and late nights, we reached tentative agreements on our CLS and Pharmacy contracts.
However, at the national table we remain far apart on key issues: contract alignment, fair wage increases, and pay equity for Kern. No significant progress has been made on these priorities, and our work continues until national bargaining is fully resolved.
Pharmacy
After long negotiations, we reached a tentative agreement at the pharmacy table early Wednesday morning. Productive discussions with management addressed schedule rotations, on-call, and registry workers. We secured language clarifying the rotation process and held firm against introducing on-call or registry workers. We also agreed to continue discussions on staffing during community disasters. Late into the night, we secured wins on longevity increases and additional differential pay for hours worked in the ambulatory oncology setting.
While this is a tentative agreement at the pharmacy table, we are not done. Our work continues until the national agreement is complete.
While we are working hard to secure a good contract, Kaiser is breaking the law, refusing to allow a union rep to visit facilities. With our UFCW local pharmacy contracts expiring on November 1, 2025, we are scheduling Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike votes for Kaiser Pharmacy only, starting October 13.
CLS
At the CLS table, we reached a tentative agreement late Monday night. Previously, only a few economic topics remained unresolved, but this week we secured contract upgrades, including increased longevity pay at each step and additional paid time for educational programs for benefited members.
Again, while this is a tentative agreement at the CLS table, we are not done. Our work continues until the national agreement is complete. We will also need to support our siblings in the pharmacy unit during their strike vote and if they go on strike. Look for more info from your Local UFCW Union about upcoming webinars where you can learn more about how you can support.
Kern
Kern Main and Admin remain far apart from Kaiser on both local and national issues. Kaiser has refused to discuss our proposal to add critical job classifications to the Kern career ladders, is demanding restrictions on our rights to bid for lateral transfers, and has failed to address the urgent need for more full-time jobs.
What’s Next
Despite our efforts, Kaiser has chosen to break the law by engaging in Unlawful Labor Practices (ULPs), blocking union reps from visiting you at work. This obstruction has damaged our ability to keep you informed and is a violation of the law. That’s why we are scheduling a ULP strike authorization vote for KP Pharmacy members.
The pharmacy ULP strike authorization vote will be held the week of October 13th. Stay tuned for voting instructions and more details coming soon.
Take Action
To help all Kaiser members understand the Pharmacy ULP Strike Vote, we will hold webinars on Thursday, October 9th at 8am and 7pm.
CLS and Kern members – while you cannot strike at this time, we want you to attend the webinars below to learn more about how you can help support your siblings in the pharmacies while they vote and if they go on strike.
Register for the October 9th at 8am meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OC2swEkFStW4a-sIDJp_6A
Register for the October 9th at 7pm meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nYBhJcJ2QnSnomiX6HVOOw
Stay involved and reach out to your Steward, Union Representative, or Bargaining Committee Member with any questions.
In Solidarity,
Your Kaiser Bargaining Committees
