Hawaiian Workers Fight Kaiser Pension Take-Away
Hawaiian Workers Fight Kaiser Pension Take-Away
October 29, 2014
Picketing, Not Partnering, in Honolulu
October 29, 2014
Picketing, Not Partnering, in Honolulu
Hawaiian Workers Fight Kaiser Pension Take-Away
by STEVE EARLY
Mary Ann Barnes, the newly arrived president of health care giant Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii, recently informed hospital workers that the world figure she most admires is the late Mother Teresa—because of “her humanity and selflessness.”
Pictured wearing a lei around her neck, Barnes explained in KP’s employee newsletter that her top management priority “is to make sure that the work environment is as good as it can be … so that everyone can love what they do.”
For spreading such good island vibes, Barnes earns nearly $1 million a year. Like other top Kaiser executives on the mainland, she’s eligible for multiple pension plans.
On September 24, several hundred members of Unite Here Local 5, including those who work at Kaiser clinics and hospitals, tried to meet with Barnes about their pensions. They arrived on three buses from a union convention site in downtown Honolulu and spilled out into the parking lot just below Barnes’ window.
by STEVE EARLY
Mary Ann Barnes, the newly arrived president of health care giant Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii, recently informed hospital workers that the world figure she most admires is the late Mother Teresa—because of “her humanity and selflessness.”
Pictured wearing a lei around her neck, Barnes explained in KP’s employee newsletter that her top management priority “is to make sure that the work environment is as good as it can be … so that everyone can love what they do.”
For spreading such good island vibes, Barnes earns nearly $1 million a year. Like other top Kaiser executives on the mainland, she’s eligible for multiple pension plans.
On September 24, several hundred members of Unite Here Local 5, including those who work at Kaiser clinics and hospitals, tried to meet with Barnes about their pensions. They arrived on three buses from a union convention site in downtown Honolulu and spilled out into the parking lot just below Barnes’ window.
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http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/10/29/73700/