Kaiser Permanente Workers Reach Deal After U.S. Healthcare Strike

Healthcare company Kaiser Permanente and its workers have reached a tentative deal, concluding the largest medical strike on record, reported Chloe Kim for BBC News.

Kaiser Permanente shared the news on X, formerly known as Twitter: "We are excited to have reached a tentative agreement with the frontline healthcare workers of the @UnionCoalition this morning." I Photo: Kaiser Permanente Thrive Facebook

Over 75,000 nurses, pharmacists, and lab technicians in five US states and Washington DC participated in a 72-hour strike last week, demanding better wages and improved staffing.

Negotiations between the eight unions and the company resumed on Thursday.

Kaiser Permanente shared the news on X, formerly known as Twitter: "We are excited to have reached a tentative agreement with the frontline healthcare workers of the @UnionCoalition this morning."

Acting US Labor Secretary Julie Su mediated Thursday's in-person talks, which took place at a San Francisco hotel, according to representatives from both sides. The eight unions that had collaborated in a negotiating coalition celebrated the tentative deal on X but did not specify when they might vote on a final agreement.

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