Stories

"I look at (partnership) as a marriage," says Denice L. Washington, an OPEIU Local 29 business representative who is the labor co-lead to the Northern California LMP Steering Committee. "You have to work at a marriage every day. Don’t take it for granted....There are hard conversations that have to happen, and you’ve got to have the ability to trust your partner and be open and receptive to ideas."
Visit the Humans of Partnership page for more 20th anniversary reflections. 

Empowering health care workers, managers and physicians to come together in teams and improve performance has been the crown jewel of the Labor Management Partnership. 

Facility and regional ratings, as well as more rigorous team assessments, are part of the 2015 National Agreement. 

Yup, we moved your cheese. Don't worry, these FAQs will help you find it. 

Robert Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and former Secretary of Labor, made the economic case for worker engagement during his keynote address.

Sheryl Magpali, RN, union co-lead for the Baldwin Park critical care and step-down unit team, confers with her fellow nurses on an improvement project.

We're celebrating Kaiser Permanente's rich history, including this ribbon cutting at the South Wing of the Bess Kaiser Hospital in the Northwest region in 1967. 

Workers and our organization thrive when everyone is free to speak. 

Before opening up to the public in 1945, our health plan served shipyard workers, such as these gentlemen signing up in Richmond in 1942. 

Bargaining on the 2015 National Agreement concluded successfully when 150 union, management and physician representatives approved a tentative agreement.

Beyond wages and benefits: A national bargaining team of union and management representatives proposed ways to improve KP operations, service and partnership.