Healthcare workers have reached a tentative agreement with Kaiser Permanente, a week after some 75,000 employees walked off their jobs for three days, the largest-ever healthcare strike in U.S. history. The proposed agreement reached Friday includes pay raises, with a minimum of $25 an hour in California and $23 an hour in other states. Kaiser also committed to speed up the hiring of new employees to help address ongoing staff shortages.
Separately, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation to raise the minimum wage of healthcare workers to $25 per hour over the next decade.