'This status quo cannot go on one more day. Patients are suffering. Therapists are leaving. Kaiser is blatantly ignoring new state laws.'
Kaiser Permanente union workers hold strike signs during an informational picket outside of the Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center on Nov. 10, 2021, in San Francisco. Kaiser Permanente therapists will hold an indefinite strike starting Aug. 15.In a statement to SFGATE on Tuesday night, Kaiser Permanente's senior vice president of human resources, Deb Catsavas, referred to the upcoming strike as"unethical” and “counterproductive.
“We believe the bargaining table is the best place to resolve our differences; nevertheless, we regularly prepare comprehensive contingency plans and remain prepared to ensure our members will receive the care they need, should NUHW move forward with this strike,” Catsavas said. “Their whole premise that we were close to reaching a contract couldn’t be further from the truth,” she responded to SFGATE. ”They've rejected all of our proposals. That’s the reason why we are striking.”At Kaiser Permanente’s Fairfield office, where therapist Sarah Soroken has worked for six years, the calls never stop coming.
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