An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers will return to work on Tuesday after a four-week strike in California and Hawaii to demand better wages and staffing. The union said in a statement Monday that "significant movement at the bargaining table" prompted an end to the walkout. There are no details about what progress was made during negotiations or what a potential deal might look like. Kaiser Permanente officials didn't immediately comment on the union's announcement.
San Francisco teachers who have been on strike over wages and family health benefits have reached a tentative agreement with the school district. The San Francisco Unified School District says schools will reopen to staff Friday and to students Wednesday. District officials planned a news conference later Friday to share details on the agreement. The strike by about 6,000 public schoolteachers started Monday, marking the city's first such walkout in nearly 50 years. The district had closed all 120 of its schools and offered independent study to some of its 50,000 students. Teachers were demanding higher wages, more health benefits, and more resources for students with special needs.
By TED SHAFFREY, JENNIFER PELTZ and DAVID R. MARTIN Associated Press
Thousands of nurses at several major New York City hospitals have gone on strike. The strike began Monday morning after negotiations through the weekend failed to yield a breakthrough. The affected hospitals include NewYork-Presbyterian, Montefiore and Mount Sinai. The union says about 15,000 nurses are participating in the strike. Among the nurses' demands are manageable workloads and more workplace security. Hospitals say the union's demands are too costly.
