Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has laid off 84 employees from its Southern California region, according to a report from The Sun.
The system called the layoffs a "modest downsizing" across the region, but union officials claim they've heard up to 550 local employees may be laid off, according to the report. A specific timeframe was not provided in the report.
"We have heard as many as 550 employees in Southern California and 450 in Oregon are expected to be laid off," said John Borsos, secretary and treasurer of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, according to the report. The 84 employees affected by the layoffs were reportedly not union members.
A Kaiser official said the system has implemented "a series of cost-reduction initiatives" over the past several months, and cuts will affect most Kaiser hospitals from San Diego County to Kern County, according to the report.
System officials confirmed the sites for 12 of the 84 of the job cuts but did not provide information on where the other layoffs occurred, according to the report.
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The system called the layoffs a "modest downsizing" across the region, but union officials claim they've heard up to 550 local employees may be laid off, according to the report. A specific timeframe was not provided in the report.
"We have heard as many as 550 employees in Southern California and 450 in Oregon are expected to be laid off," said John Borsos, secretary and treasurer of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, according to the report. The 84 employees affected by the layoffs were reportedly not union members.
A Kaiser official said the system has implemented "a series of cost-reduction initiatives" over the past several months, and cuts will affect most Kaiser hospitals from San Diego County to Kern County, according to the report.
System officials confirmed the sites for 12 of the 84 of the job cuts but did not provide information on where the other layoffs occurred, according to the report.
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