Posted on 10/04/2023 2:08:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Kaiser Permanente employees launched a three-day strike Wednesday morning at facilities across the country.
Roughly 75,000 employees were expected to hit the picket lines across the U.S. for the next three days. In Northern California, more than 37,000 workers were slated to walk off the job, upset over wages and a lack of staffing.
The union claims its poll found two-thirds of workers have seen care delayed or denied due to short staffing. Kaiser has disputed those results.
"We are overwhelmed," medical assistant Damaris Reyes said. "I don’t think that we can go any longer with what Kaiser is offering us."
The jobs affected by the strike include ER and X-ray technicians, ultrasound sonographers, and customer service workers, among many others.
Doctors and registered nurses are not involved in the strike, and hospitals will remain open.
"Our vacations do not get approved, only two staff are allowed to be off, we have about 16-17 [medical assistants]," medical assistant Elizabeth Martinez said. "We have three brand new doctors and no staff for them."
Kaiser says it continues to work toward an agreement but has plans in place to ensure high-quality care will continue if workers strike.
The provider also claims to have the highest total compensation in every market where it operates.
"The issue at the table is not staffing, it is wages," said Michelle Gaskill-Hames, Kaiser Permanente Regional President in Southern California and Hawaii. "That’s the reason that hopefully we will resolve in the next 24 hours, but that’s the reason at the table."
Kaiser said it may have to reschedule non-urgent appointments and procedures and noted that wait times could increase during a strike.
"It has really been tough across the country in terms of staffing shortages associated with the great retirement, the great burnout," Gaskill-Hames said. "But the fact of the matter is KP has been doing better than others in terms of retaining our employees."
No kidding
I thought these heros were given massive raises and bonuses during “CCP-19 Covid “
Fire them all. Replace them with Biden’s illegal aliens. They will work for far less!
No doubt the Union Bosses will then demand their member continue to vote Democrat in the next elections. It is in their blood.
My Kaiser doctor can only take his vacation in one week increments.
Probably better at medicine.
I’ve known people who’ve loved Kaiser, others who hate them. Real mixed bag.
My guess is that Kaiser is suffering from having fired too many people for refusing the clot shots. Gaskill-Holmes, regional President, refers to “the great retirement, the great burnout”.
Staffing seems to be a problem everywhere.
That should be 75,000 pink slips.
The Purple People Beaters?
Yep its SEIU with but hiding their ID.
If they are smart they will include a “just say no” clause in the contract to exclude any kill shot mandates.
They had staff until vax mandates forced people to resign or be fired. Oh well.
How many people left/were fired?
The consequences of forced vaccination.
2,200
Forgot link.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/healthcare/kaiser-permanente-suspension-workers-vaccine-mandate
Who cares. The entire medical community is untrustworthy and needs to meet its demise.
My mom worked for one of the doctors in town for years, just running the office and doing the billing.
At a time when this guy still carried that black bag and made house calls when needed.
One talks to her and she’ll tell you how easy things were back in the day. Folks had policies that covered the serious stuff, ER visits and stuff like that. Routine appointments were cash on delivery.
Then the Clinton’s showed up with their HMOs and all that crap. She will tell you that’s when everything went to absolute sh*t and it’s only gotten worse with all the hospital corporations and the “Wall St Efficiency Models” they us.
My wife is an RN in a hospital.
During the COVID garbage, she was forced to take the shot or be fired.
The RNs were not given proper Personal Protection Equipment until many months passed.
Travel nurses were brought in and paid nearly triple what the the original nurses were paid.
Management got their bonuses, but the rank and file RN got overworked and disrespected.
So, no, those heroes (who now are treated like zeroes) in no way profited from that time.
PeaceHealth Medical group, though, not Kaiser.
“How many people left/were fired?”
“Is Kaiser laying off people?
Despite recording a net income of $6.4 billion in 2020 and paying numerous executives million-dollar salaries, healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente announced on April 30 that it will eliminate more than 200 jobs at several facilities across California, leaving workers and their families devastated.”
This was 2020. Cannot find how many were fired or quit during the Pandemic.
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