Kaiser Permanente Reaches , Tentative Deal With Union Workers.<br />On Oct. 4, over 75,000 unionized employees <br />of the not-for-profit health care provider took <br />part in the "largest-ever health care strike" <br />in America's history, CNN reports.<br />The strike lasted for three days, but the <br />unions threatened to go on an eight-day strike in November if a deal isn't reached by Oct. 31.<br />On Oct. 13, the union coalition <br />took to X to announce that a <br />tentative agreement has been reached.<br />The frontline health care workers of the <br />Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions <br />are excited to have reached a tentative agreement with Kaiser Permanente, Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, via X.<br />We are thankful for the <br />instrumental support of Acting <br />U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su, Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, via X.<br />Details of the deal have yet to be disclosed, but employees are seeking better pay and staffing.<br />40% of the health care provider's non-physician <br />staff is represented by the union coalition.<br />Such workers include nurses, EMTs, X-ray technicians, respiratory care practitioners and more.<br />If rank-and-file members vote "no" on the tentative agreement, another strike could still take place.<br />Kaiser Permanente "operates 39 hospitals <br />and 622 medical offices," CNN reports.