By Doug Cunningham

Deborah Burger, President of the California Nurses Association, says her union won a deal with Kaiser Permanente that protects 14,000 nurses from potentially having their rights stripped away under a pending NLRB decision.

[Deborah Burger]: “What the agreement did for nurses was secure our bargaining unit by making sure that Kaiser agreed not to challenge any of our registered nurses under the pending NLRB agreement."

The union also won pension improvements and raises of 26.5 percent over the five year contract. Nurses with 30 years or more get another three percent.