Issue Areas
As part of the interest-based bargaining process used in these negotiations, bargaining issues have been selected by the CIC.
Subgroups of the CIC then examine data and explore management and union interests with respect to these issues, and make a unified recommendation to the CIC on how the next national agreement will address their issue. In addition to wages and benefits, these are the issues which will be bargained in 2010 and are listed below.
The subgroups began the work of identifying union, management, and joint issues in their area. Once that work is complete, they will examine data and generate options to address interests. The plan is that by the conclusion of the third session of national bargaining on May 6, each subgroup will report a joint recommendation to the entire CIC on how the next national agreement will address their topic.
| Subgroup | Issue Statement |
| Attendance | To develop specific recommendations on programs, processes and strategies that will result in significantly improved absenteeism rates and improve the health of the workforce. |
| Labor Management Partnership | To develop specific recommendations on what Kaiser Permanente and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions should focus on, as partners, over the next several years. |
| Performance Improvement/
Performance Sharing Program |
How might we achieve and sustain superior organization performance, and how can we strengthen the connection between performance and reward at the unit/department level? |
| Workforce Planning and Development | To develop specific recommendations on how we can create an effective needs assessment process and ensure adequate funding to deliver on our workforce planning and development goals. |