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Poised to Strike, Kaiser Workers Say They Want The Old Kaiser Back

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.

Capital & Main · Oct 4, 2023

Up First briefing: Effects of a shutdown; health workers may strike; Maui conspiracies

What will stay open if the government shuts down? Kaiser Permanente's health care workers near a nationwide walkout. How conspiracy theories spread in the wake of wildfires in Hawaii.

WEKU · Sep 29, 2023

Overworked and understaffed: Kaiser workers are on the brink of a nationwide strike

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers at hundreds of U.S. facilities could go on strike for three days starting Wednesday, in the largest health care strike in the county's history.

WEKU · Sep 29, 2023

New records show how police found 8-year-old Sophia Mason — but it was already too late

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Newly obtained documents in the killing of Sophia Mason show that Hayward police — after getting a missing person’s report about the 8-year-old in March 2022 — swiftly determined what Alameda County social workers had failed to see for more than a year: The girl was…

Tribune News Service · Apr 10, 2023

Michael Hiltzik: A transgender patient's lawsuit against Kaiser is a front for the conservative war on LGBTQ rights

California teenager Chloe Cole has become something of a star of the movement to deny treatments to transgender youth.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 4, 2023

Commentary: Ron DeSantis symbolizes that it’s Richard Nixon’s Republican Party now

Commentators portray Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as a more organized and calculating Donald Trump. In reality, DeSantis most resembles Richard Nixon — disciplined, stiff and intense. Both lack Trump’s charisma and ease before voters. Also unlike Trump — but very much like Nixon — DeSantis effectively deploys powers of the…

Tribune News Service · Jan 20, 2023

For Kaiser Therapists, the Strike Is Over But the Work Goes On

After 10 weeks of workers walking the picket line, core issues regarding patient care remain unresolved.

Capital & Main · Dec 21, 2022

Surprising turn: Worker wages rising faster than the cost of job-based health insurance

Enjoy it while it lasts: Workers’ pay has been growing faster than the cost of job-based health insurance.

Tribune News Service · Nov 7, 2022

Family health plan premiums hold at $22,463, but employers see growth in mental health needs

A prominent national survey finds that premiums for family coverage in employer health plans held steady this year — a first for an annual report that for decades has shown family coverage in the U.S. becoming increasingly expensive.

Tribune News Service · Oct 28, 2022

California sees increase in RSV, a respiratory illness that can be dangerous for babies

LOS ANGELES — Some California children’s hospitals are straining under a surge of RSV, a respiratory illness that can cause babies to struggle to breathe.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 26, 2022