Kaiser was once considered union friendly, a progressive organization which enrolled thousands of trade unionists. No more. This year is surely a case in point – in the expiration of several major contracts. The corporation has come to bargaining with concessions, not rewards, on the table. In the large United Nurses Association of California (UNAC) strike that didn’t happen, Kaiser pressed for an of array of concessions, but above all the installation of a two-tier system; the nurses, frustrated and angry, held Kaiser off on this but the rest of the new contract was either concessions or a wash. Was more possible? Perhaps, but few expected UNAC to strike. No preparations seem to have been made. More 1
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