fromPortland Mercury
2 hours agoPortland-Area Kaiser Permanente Workers Could Strike as Soon as Next Week
"When we bargained in 2021, it was basically right before inflation really went crazy," Gina R. Mann, a medical laboratory scientist at Kaiser Sunnyside, said. "So what were modest, across-the-board wage increases have actually pulled us very far behind our competitors." The result, Mann said, is that wages for Kaiser workers over the lifetime of their now-expired contract failed to keep up with major increases in the cost of living-an issue exacerbated by the fact that many workers received reduced raises during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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