A rally and march will be held in Los Feliz Monday in conjunction with Labor Day to bring attention to the long patient wait times, missed diagnoses, neglect, and chronic understaffing in patient care, according to the organizers.
Organizers are expecting more than 4,000 healthcare workers to participate in the rally, which will begin at 9 a.m. at Los Feliz Elementary School. The participants will then march approximately half a mile to Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center. A “civil disobedience action” is scheduled to take place around 11 a.m., as stated by Renée Saldaña, press secretary for SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West.
The union is leading the organization of the rally and march.
The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions is currently negotiating a new contract with the healthcare organization to replace the existing one that will expire on September 30.
In a statement issued on Friday regarding the negotiations, Kaiser Permanente mentioned, “We hired over 29,000 new employees in 2022 and are on pace to exceed that substantially in 2023, despite the pandemic-driven labor shortage happening across healthcare.”
“We believe this is because talented people recognize the value of our current wage and benefit offerings and want to work at Kaiser Permanente,” the statement added. “About 96% of candidates for coalition-represented positions accept our employment offers — significantly above the industry average.”
Labor Day will also be commemorated in Los Angeles County with the 44th annual Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Labor Coalition Labor Day Parade & Picnic Rally in Wilmington. This year’s theme is “Union Labor Built the American Dream.”
“The American labor movement has played a crucial role in building and maintaining a middle class that sets the standard for wages and benefits in this country,” stated Larry Barragan, Chairman of the coalition.
“One of the reasons for the anticipated large turnout is the recent progress made by labor unions in negotiations and ongoing strike actions, such as SAG-AFTRA, Writers Guild, and the hotel workers union,” Barragan explained.
The parade will commence at 10 a.m. at the intersection of Broad Avenue and E Street, proceeding west on E Street to Avalon Boulevard, and then north on Avalon Boulevard to M Street. It will culminate at Banning Park, where a “picnic rally” will take place starting at noon.
In his Labor Day proclamation, President Joe Biden stated, “I have often said that the middle class built this country and that unions built the middle class. On Labor Day, we honor that essential truth and the dedication and dignity of American workers, who power our nation’s prosperity.
Labor Day, originally celebrated in the United States on September 5, 1882, in New York City, is a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of the nation.
In 1887, Oregon became the first state to officially recognize Labor Day. By 1894, 31 out of the 44 states had declared it a holiday when Congress passed a bill designating the first Monday in September as a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.
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