Kaiser has counter-offered a much smaller one-time market adjustment for the Oregon and Washington nurses. Kaiser’s market adjustment offer, combined with the across-the-board wage increases being bargained at the national level, would amount to a 27% total increase in wages over the four years, Karman said.

Kaiser Permanente pharmacists and technicians at medical facilities in Southern California voted Wednesday, Oct. 15 to authorize a strike, citing unfair labor practices. No date has been set for a strike, which would affect some 3,000 union members and dozens of pharmacies.

DOWNEY, California (KABC) -- A suspect has been detained following reports of shots fired at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Downey, California. Officials said Downey police confirmed there are no injuries and the building is being cleared. Just before ...

Kaiser Permanente reported a net loss of $525 million on revenue of $5.8 billion in the fourth quarter as the nonprofit health plan wrote off its investment in a computerized medical records system it abandoned as unworkable. Kaiser's fourth-quarter ...