Kaiser Permanente, unions for striking health care workers reach tentative agreement

The coalition of unions representing Kaiser Permanente health care workers announced Friday morning that it reached a tentative agreement with the company.

The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions announced they had tentatively reached an agreement via a social media post on Friday.

"The frontline healthcare workers of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions are excited to have reached a tentative agreement with Kaiser Permanente as of this morning," the group wrote on Facebook.

The announcement added, "We are thankful for the instrumental support of Acting US Labor Secretary Julie Su."

The health care workers' unions have called for increased staffing levels at Kaiser Permanente hospitals, saying the facilities are in the midst of a "short-staffing crisis" that is unsafe and could lead to patients facing dangerously long wait times, mistaken diagnoses and neglect. 

The unions also accused the hospital conglomerate of maintaining unfair labor practices.