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A |     OAKLAND, Calif. -- Unions representing 75,000 health care workers have reached a tentative agreement with industry giant Kaiser Permanente following a strike over wages and staffing levels, the parties announced Friday.Details of the agreement were not immediately released, but both sides said a full announcement was forthcoming.The three-day strike last week involving 75,000 workers in multiple states officially ended last Saturday and workers returned to their jobs in Kaiser’s hospitals and clinics that serve nearly 13 million Americans.“The frontline healthcare workers of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions are excited to have reached a tentative agreement with Kaiser Permanente as of this morning,” the coalition posted Friday morning. “We are thankful for the instrumental support of Acting US Labor Secretary Julie Su.”Kaiser Permanente, based in Oakland, California, confirmed the deal in a social media post.Bargaining sessions had been scheduled for this week, the unions said.The strike for three days in California — where most of Kaiser’s facilities are located — as well as in Colorado, Oregon and Washington was a last resort after Kaiser executives ignored the short-staffing crisis worsened by the coronavirus pandemic, union officials said. The coalition had given the company notice that another strike from Nov. 1 to Nov. 8 was possible and the Oct. 31 expiration of a contract covering the Seattle area would enable another 3,000 workers to join picket lines.Their goal was to bring the problems to the public’s consciousness for support, according to the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions. Some 180 workers from facilities in Virginia and Washington, D.C., also picketed but only on Wednesday.The strikers include licensed vocational nurses, home health aides and ultrasound sonographers, as well as technicians in the radiology, X-ray, surgical, pharmacy and emergency departments.“No health care worker wants to go on strike,” Caroline Lucas, the coalition’s executive director, said Thursday. “I hope that the last few days have helped escalate this issue.”The company warned the work stoppage could cause delays in people getting appointments and scheduling non-urgent procedures.Unions representing Kaiser workers in August asked for a $25 hourly minimum wage, as well as increases of 7% each year in the first two years and 6.25% each year in the two years afterward.Kaiser, which turned a $2.1 billion profit for the quarter, said in a statement last week that it proposed minimum hourly wages between $21 and $23 depending on the location. The company said it also completed hiring 10,000 more people, adding to the 51,000 workers the hospital system has brought on board since 2022.Union members say understaffing is boosting the hospital system’s profits but hurting patients, and executives have been bargaining in bad faith during negotiations.The workers’ last contract was negotiated in 2019, before the pandemic.。    Dhaka, Oct 15 (UNI) Bangladesh President M Abdul Hamid on Saturday called upon the Brunei government to recruit more manpower from Bangladesh for the greater benefit of the two friendly Muslim countries.
The President came up with the call as visiting Brunei Darussalam Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah paid a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban here this evening.
Noting that there is an investment-friendly environment in Bangladesh, President Hamid also urged the business community of Brunei to come forward for investment .
Welcoming the Brunei Sultan , President Hamid said Sultan's first visit to Bangladesh would usher a new chapter of the bilateral ties between the two brotherly countries.
The Head of the State said Bangladesh attaches utmost importance to developing relations with Southeast Asian countries and expected Brunei's full support to get Bangladesh's status of a Sectoral Dialogue Partner of ASEAN.
President Hamid thanked the Sultan for providing free Covid-19 vaccines to expatriate Bangladeshis working in Brunei.
He also put emphasis on increasing communication at the public-private levels to increase trade and commerce between the two countries.
Referring to the Rohingya issue, Bangladesh President expressed his gratefulness to the Sultan for his support to Bangladesh on the Rohingya issue.
Hoping that Brunei’s support would continue in days to come in this regard, the President sought the cooperation of the Sultan and his government for the safe return of the displaced Rohingyas to their ancestral land in Rakhine state of Myanmar.
Brunei sultan lauded the socio-economic development of Bangladesh and assured of providing necessary support to the country in days to come.
The Sulatn also signed a “Visitors’ Book” at the Bangabhaban after the meeting.
Earlier on his arrival at the Presidential palace at 6:55 pm, he was received by the President with a bouquet.
Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen, Military Secretary Major General SM Salahuddin Islam and Secretary (attached) Md Wahidul Islam Khan were present there.
Earlier, Foreign Minister Momen along with state minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam called on Brunei Sultan at Hotel InterContinental.
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