Oct 13 (Reuters) - Kaiser Permanente's frontline healthcare workers union reached a tentative deal with the company on Friday, moving toward settling a payment and staffing dispute that had sparked the largest recorded strike in the U.S. medical sector.
The strike by 75,000 workers last week had put Kaiser at the forefront of a growing labor unrest in the healthcare industry, including among employees of pharmacies and other hospital chains like Tenet Healthcare (THC.N).
"What they've achieved here in Oakland (San Francisco Bay Area) is great news for frontline workers, for Kaiser and the patients in their collective care," Su said.
Spokespersons for Kaiser Permanente and its coalition of healthcare workers unions said they would provide further details on the agreement later in the day.
Kaiser is one of the largest U.S. medical employers with 24,000 doctors, 68,000 nurses, 213,000 technicians, clerical workers and administrative staff.
Persons:
Kaiser, Julie Su, Su, Kaiser Permanente, Manas Mishra, Leroy Leo, Steve Gorman, Shounak Dasgupta, Sriraj Kalluvila, Arun Koyyur
Organizations:
Tenet Healthcare, Labor, Kaiser Permanente, District of Columbia, United Auto Workers, Detroit, U.S . Bureau of Labor Statistics, Thomson
Locations:
U.S, San Francisco Bay, Oakland, Bengaluru, Los Angeles