Kaiser, Health Care Workers Negotiate Through Night As Strike Looms

LOS ANGELES, CA — With health care employees for Kaiser Permanente poised to launch a three-day strike that their union says will be the largest of its type in U.S. history, contract talks between the provider and union negotiators continued throughout the day Tuesday in hopes of averting the walkout. Late Tuesday afternoon, a Kaiser spokesman told City News Service the talks were continuing "and could last into the night." According to Kaiser "several agreements over specific provisions have been reached" with the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, and the...