A little more than a day after reaching a tentative labor agreement with its hospital workers, Kaiser Permanente officials announced early Monday that they had done the same with the union that represents its pharmacists.
“We are very pleased to announce that at about 1 a.m. this morning, Kaiser Permanente and the Guild for Professional Pharmacists reached a tentative agreement for a new 3-year contract for pharmacists in our Northern California region,” read a news release Kaiser officials issued shortly after 4 a.m. Monday.
Although details of the agreement were not disclosed, the news release reported that the new contract includes wage increases, no reductions in health benefits, maintaining retirement benefits and an increase in bonus opportunities.
Union officials cancelled the strike that was expected to begin Monday, according to the news release.
On Saturday morning, officials with company reached a tentative labor agreement with hospital workers, averting what would have been one of the largest strikes in the country’s healthcare industry in recent memory.
Was a wondrous scene at a Kaiser pharmacy on Friday afternoon.
Used Kaiser website and placed an order for a refill giving ample time for it to arrive, because of med type and quantity. Encountered numerous people who were given same excuse I was for prescriptions NOT being filled,
“We didn’t know when you’d be in to pick it up”
Line outside was 35 people long and pharmacy public area was dang near wall to wall flesh. My wait for 1/3 of number of pills it should have been 40 minutes. Spoke with a couple who’d been waiting 2.5 hours.
Got the feeling some bean counter wanted to save man hours . . .
If a filled prescription sits in pharmacy for 5 days, it’s sent back.
Here’s a slight problem they count weekends when they’re closed when figuring the 5 days.