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After months of negotiations \u2013 and the strong solidarity shown by caregivers at the bargaining table and on the picket line \u2013 your UFCW bargaining team has\u00a0reached a tentative agreement with Kaiser Permanente.<\/p>\n
The tentative agreement reflects the priorities members raised throughout this process: fair wages, protecting benefits, and strengthening our collective power moving forward.<\/p>\n
What We Won<\/p>\n
The agreement includes\u00a021.5% in wage increases over four years, with the majority of increases coming early in the agreement:<\/p>\n
6.5% in March 20266.5% in October 20263% in August 20272.5% in October 20273% in October 2028<\/p>\n
The agreement also includes\u00a0additional wage grid and market adjustments\u00a0across classifications as well as AI language to help shape and safeguard the future of healthcare workers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finally, we were able to achieve\u00a0contract alignment\u00a0and\u00a0a common expiration date\u00a0across all UFCW Locals, strengthening our ability to move forward together in future negotiations.<\/p>\n
What We Protected<\/p>\n
The agreement also preserves important benefits members rely on, including\u00a0pensions and employer contributions, the partnership agreement, and\u00a0additional funding for the Ben Hudnall Trust Fund.<\/p>\n
What Happens Next<\/p>\n
We will soon share more information about the tentative agreement, including opportunities for members to review the details, ask questions, and participate in ratification votes.<\/p>\n
As always, this is your contract and your decision. Nothing goes into effect unless members vote to ratify the agreement.<\/p>\n
Thank you for your solidarity and your patience throughout these negotiations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After months of negotiations \u2013 and the strong solidarity shown by caregivers at the bargaining table and on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[163,521,85,46],"class_list":["post-335198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}