Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Health Care Unions

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2021 KP-Alliance National Agreement Ratified

National Agreement between Kaiser Permanente and Alliance Ratified

New contract in effect for 4 years.

"Why reinvent the wheel?" asks Marianne Henson, RN, the clinical operations manager at Falls Church, Virginia. "We already knew what worked."

Boost Your Borrowing

Someone else's idea can be good for a quick win.

March 24, 2015

Registered nurse Angela Williams-Edwards, a UFCW Local 400 member, reaches out to patients who

need help managing their high blood pressure and also to colleagues eager to adapt successful improvement efforts from her UBT.

Don't Be Shy

A team spreads a proven practice and helps save lives.

March 24, 2015

Team co-leads Dan Teng, MD; Sandi Parker, medical assistant, SEIU UHW; and Jill Manchester, manager (left to right)

The Team That Exercises Together, Works Together

See how exercise can bond your team.

October 29, 2013

Englewood Primary Care UBT members work together to manage patient inquiries.

Patients Win After Team Ignores Traditional Hierarchy

Physicians pitch in to help short-staffed nurses.

June 12, 2013

Some of the Capitol Hill Adult Medicine team: Johnyia King, lead nurse; Sos Miboijana, MD; Jaqueline Cox, receptionist; Nikki Davis, LPN; labor co-lead Louise Casa, a nurse practitioner; and former management co-lead Shirley Moreland, clinical operations manager. King, Davis and Casa are UFCW Local 400 members, and Cox is an OPEIU Local 2 member.

Transforming Transport

See how your team can speed things up.

March 15, 2013

Cindy O'Brien, the team's labor co-lead; Cynthia Field, its management co-lead; and Angela Washington, a clinical assistant II and OPEIU Local 2.

Workflow Helps Patients Control Blood Pressure

How a Mid-Atlantic States team improved flow.

May 8, 2012