More than 1,500 United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) members attended nine days of bargaining sessions in southern California in March, April and May. The overwhelming UNAC/UHCP showing was called “a sea of blue,” and showed Kaiser management UNAC/UHCP meant business.
Korla St. Cyr, RN, Baldwin Park Infusion Center:
Each and every one of us standing together can make a difference!
During April, hundreds of UNAC/UHCP members across southern California participated in actions to protest any reductions in benefits. One popular event was Button Day, when members from all Kaiser Southern C
alifornia campuses wore IMAGINE OUR FUTURE buttons.
On May 11 in the early morning, a tentative agreement was signed. On May 19, UNAC/UHCP affiliate officers and delegates from coalition unions met to unanimously recommend that members approve the contract. This victory was only possible through the hard work of UNAC/UHCP members, and their strong participation in the process.
Ratification meetings begin at the end of June and will continue through July.
