THURSDAY, SEPT. 29, 2005 -- Kaiser Permanente and Coalition of 29 Unions to Announce Unique Five-Year Agreement; Nation's Largest Private Sector Contract Covering 82,000 Employees.Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions are announcing a new five-year national agreement covering 82,000 employees, 29 local unions and 400-plus facilities in eight states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . Kaiser Permanente approved the contract September 14th. Final votes for union ratification will be tallied Sept. 28.
WHAT: News conference to announce details of landmark 2005
contract between Kaiser Permanente and Coalition of Kaiser
Permanente Unions.
Photo/Video Opportunities: A hospital-based lift team will
demonstrate how patients are safely moved -- an example of a
labor management partnership success story
WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005, 11:30 a. m. (PDT)
WHO: Benjamin Chu, President, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan,
Southern California
Kathy Sackman, President, United Nurses Associations of
California/Union of Health Care Professionals
Jorge Rodriguez, Executive Vice President, United Healthcare
Workers-West
Tom Williamson, Business Administrator, Southern California
Permanente Medical Group
WHERE: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
(Administration Building, not hospital)
4841 Hollywood Boulevard (at Edgemont), Los Angeles 90027.
For free media parking, enter gated lot.
Reporters may also participate in the national news conference from Washington, D.C., via webcast and/or conference call between 11 and 11:30 a.m. PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT . To join the nationwide telephone hookup hookup, n in the Trager method of therapy, the practitioner enters into a meditative state along with the patient, which allows him or her to work more intuitively and to feel subtle changes in the patient's movement and tissue texture. , phone 866-818-1395. To view the live webcast on the day of the event, go to http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=30586 The national video feed will also be available for viewing at the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Location listed above. It will include comments from Leslie Margolin, Senior Vice President, Operations, for Kaiser Permanente and Peter diCicco, Executive Director, Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions. Note for broadcast media: The Washington D.C. press conference will be available as follows: A Test Satellite Signal will be available from 1:45 p.m.-2:00 p.m. EASTERN TIME C-band analog satellite (full transponder A receiver/transmitter on a communications satellite. It receives a microwave signal from earth (uplink), amplifies it and retransmits it back to earth at a different frequency (downlink). A satellite has several transponders. ): AMC-6, Transponder: C20 Orbital Position: 72 degrees west. Downlink Frequency: 4100 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Horizontal KU-band analog satellite (full transponder): AMC-9, Transponder K19 Orbital Position: 83 degrees west. Downlink Frequency: 12080 MHz Horizontal Transmission horizontal transmission n. Transmission of infection by contact. horizontal transmission Epidemiology The transmission of an infection from one to another person of the same generation in the same population. Contact: ConnectLive Communications, 202-513-1000. |
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