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Support Legacy and Samaritan workers

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Local 49 members at two Oregon health systems are fighting for fair contracts that allow them to focus on quality patient care.

5 Priorities for Real Health Care Reform

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If we’re going to fix our economy, we must fix America’s broken health care system. We cannot afford to wait. Now is the time to guarantee everyone access to quality, affordable health care.

Obama stimulus package includes reduction in COBRA premiums

The economic stimulus package signed by President Obama included a temporary COBRA premium reduction. The U.S. Department of Labor recently published a list of Frequently Asked Questions on the COBRA premium subsidy
provisions.

Important Update on Kaiser Pension Plans

These are tough economic times for all of us. And the value of Kaiser Permanente’s pension plans, like most personal and corporate assets, has declined in recent months. We’ve worked hard to minimize this decline, maintain sound funding levels and ensure the future of our pensions. To that end, Kaiser Permanente and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions have reached an agreement to protect KP pension plans, in the interest of KP employees.

Hundreds Rally for Health Reform

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In an effort to tell legislators to fix our broken healthcare system and support legislation aimed at making that happen, hundreds of members of SEIU and coalition groups in support of healthcare reform rallied on the Capitol, April 8.