Kaiser, nurses set new talks Two-day walkout strains hospital capacity in flu season FOURTH Edition

As the two-day strike by Kaiser Permanente's 7,500 registered nurses wound down Thursday, both sides agreed to resume negotiations in their yearlong contract dispute for the first time in two months. Both Jim Ryder, chief negotiator for the California Nurses Association, and Kaiser spokesman To...

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Published inThe San Francisco examiner
Main Author Kathleen Sullivan and Sandra Ann Harris
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published San Francisco, Calif San Francisco Media Company 29.01.1998
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Summary:As the two-day strike by Kaiser Permanente's 7,500 registered nurses wound down Thursday, both sides agreed to resume negotiations in their yearlong contract dispute for the first time in two months. Both Jim Ryder, chief negotiator for the California Nurses Association, and Kaiser spokesman Tom Debley said Thursday that their bargaining teams will meet Wednesday morning with a federal mediator. Throughout Northern California, doctors and nurses scrambled Thursday to meet what the health care industry called a medical emergency: The nurses' strike came as hospitals were already near capacity.
ISSN:2574-593X