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Week Six of our strike is off to a festive start. We had a lot of fun with our Where’s Waldo/Where’s Kaiser theme. Someone on the San Diego line even put a Greg Adams nametag on the fat cat.
NUHW-backed candidates fared well locally, but there will be big challenges to protect workers’ rights on the federal level.
With Kaiser facing increased political pressure to return to the bargaining table, striking workers in Southern California and their counterparts in the north took their message directly to company executives.
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More than three-quarters of the 2,300 Providence workers fighting to win common contractual standards throughout Northern California have signed a unity petition, pledging to work together to safeguard care in their communities.
NUHW-backed candidates fared well locally, but there will be big challenges to protect workers’ rights on the federal level.
More than 260 caregivers withstood a fierce anti-union campaign to win a voice in their workplace.
We commemorated the one-month mark of our strike with two boisterous rallies in Pasadena and Oakland. About 300 strikers converged on Kaiser’s regional headquarters in Southern California.
We started Week 5 with new people on the picket lines and a strong showing in Los Angeles after Kaiser and the police blocked the distribution of food boxes on Friday.
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas signed a powerful letter on our behalf to Kaiser CEO Greg Adams; Kaiser blocked groceries from being delivered to striking workers; we shine light on Kaiser’s “efficiencies”; and of course, there was guacamole.