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Kathy Gerwig, vice president of employee safety, health and wellness (left) and Meg Niemi, president of SEIU Local 49, co-led the Total Health and Workplace Safety bargaining subgroup.

The 2015 National Agreement between Kaiser Permanente and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions was the the largest private sector contract negotiated in 2015.

Members of the Work of the Future subgroup at the March kickoff for 2015 National Bargaining in Southern California.

RN Christy Borton (left) mobilizes for a safer workforce. 

Carol Hammill, a new UPR in Southern California, pictured with her management colleague Ursula Doidic 

Members of the Labor and Delivery UBT at South Bay Medical Center in Southern California, a high-performing team

Mobile health vans help serve members where they need it. 

Pablo Raygoza, Fremont storekeeper and SEIU UHW member 

Sponsors Joseph Gonzales, senior radiology manager, and Rebecca Torres, pharmacy technician and SEIU Local 105 member

Joan Mah of Northern California (above), an optometrist, senior UBT consultant, and IFPTE Local 20 steward and vice president, was a first-time observer at the 2012 bargaining sessions. 

Colorado's Becky Sassaman (at right), RN, a member of UFCW Local 7, partnered with fellow Coloradon Debbie Zuege, RN, senior director of Nursing and Women's Health, to aid a sick passenger on a flight.

Business experts cite collaborative teams, such as this surgical team from Irvine Medical Center, as a model for collaborative enterprises.