Kaiser Plans to Resume Contract Talks With Workers Next Week (1)

Kaiser Permanente and striking workers will resume contract talks Thursday, the Labor Department announced, following the largest health-care strike in US history.

Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su will be present at the Oct. 12 bargaining session “to assist the parties in advancing talks towards a fair contract for this critical workforce,” press secretary Veronica Yoo said in a statement Friday.

Over 75,000 Kaiser employees walked off the job this week in six states and Washington, DC. The stoppage interrupted routine medical services for nearly 13 million people but emergency services remained open.

According to the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, ...