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Introduction to the Labor Management PartnershipGroup Health Union RepresentativesHal Ruddick, Executive Director, Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, AFL-CIO

FEBRUARY 26, 2016


Labor Management Partnership

Coalition of Kaiser Permanente

Unions, AFL-CIO

Kaiser Permanente

Labor Management Partnership

2015-2018 National

Agreement

How It Fits Together


Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions

1996: 26 local unions form the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions and prepare to launch corporate campaign 1997: Coalition and Kaiser Permanente form Labor

Management Partnership as new operating strategy 2016: Union Coalition includes 28 locals and 110,000

members with industry-leading wages and benefits

History of Success


Strength in Numbers

Coalition Membership by International Union*Union: AFSCME AFT IBT IFPTE ILWU IUOE

# Locals 1 2 1 1 1 1Represented workers

18,069 3,691 520 1,363 66 21

Union: KPNAA OPEIU SEIU UFCW USW

# Locals 1 4 4 11 1

Represented workers

357 12,011 57,316 9,895 6,589

* As of December 2015


A Winning Strategy for Labor

Twenty Years of Growth for Coalition Unions Card-check organizing neutrality Steady union membership growth Unions grow as KP grows

1996 2005 2016

82,000

110,000

57,000

Membership Growth in Union Coalition


A Winning Strategy for Kaiser Permanente

Better care, service, cost-savings

More than 6,600 active improvement projects as of Jan. 2016; one-third focused on affordability

Industry-leading service and quality

Continuous improvement in performance, affordability

High employee engagement and commitment

Operational stability and health plan membership growth


Leading Change at the Front Lines

Unit-Based Teams: Co-led work groups that: Identify problems and test solutions Contribute to budget, staffing and scheduling decisions Spread most effective practices to other teams


Key LMP Programs

• Unit Based Teams and Performance Improvement• Workforce of the Future• Total Health (employee health)• Workplace Safety• Growth• Improving relations (promoting interest-based resolution

of issues)• External engagement (sharing information about our

partnership with other unions and employers, and partnering in work to promote health in our communities)

• Supported by: LMP Learning, Metrics, Communications


LMP Governance and Structures

• LMP Strategy Group • LMP Executive Committee• Regional LMP Councils• Facility LMP Councils • National and Regional committees on

specific issues• Inclusion of union leadership in key

operational and strategy meetings


2015 National Agreement

Addendum to local agreements

Key economic terms including: ATB’s, benefit provisions, educational trusts.

Partnership: UBT’s, Total Health and Workplace Safety, Education and Training, Workforce Planning, Partnership Structures and Processes


Local Agreements

• Coalition locals have local CBA’s with Kaiser.

• These cover the usual subjects of CBA’s such as:– Just cause– Grievance and arbitration– Scheduling, seniority, bidding, and other operational provisions– More detail on certain economic provisions – including wage

scales and classifications, differentials, other economic benefits


National Agreement: Economics

Across-the-board wage increases No change to pensions or 401(k) plans Protection for retiree health benefits Increased dental, orthodontia and insurance

benefits


National Agreement: Work of the Future

Enhanced job training, advancement and mobility 33 percent increase in

company contributions to two Educational Trusts

$3,000 per year tuition reimbursement

Commitment to work together to identify future jobs and skills to prepare current workforce for jobs of the future.


National Agreement: Worker Health and Safety

Jointly developed, voluntary plan with group-based incentives to support workforce health and wellness

Enhanced tracking and assessment of safety hazards, including workplace violence risks


Funding for Partnership

9-cent/hour wage diversion and corresponding management contribution pays for:

Staff to support front-line teams Employee health, safety and other programs Partnership training “Lost-time” union members to work on partnership Union participation in KP conferences and events Coalition participation in partnership work


Employment Security

National Employment and Income Security Agreement: Commitment to re-deploy, not lay off, workers who

are displaced Retraining for comparable or higher level positions


Partnership Priorities, 2016-2018

Stronger frontline teams Safer and healthier workforce Prepare for work of the future Growth of Kaiser Permanente and partner unions


Suggested Steps to joining LMP

Commit in principle to Coalition and Partnership

Local unions bargain (with Coalition assistance) the terms of incorporation into National Agreement with KP.

Members vote to ratify National Agreement as addendum to the local CBA.

Jointly implement Partnership programs


Questions?

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