Kaiser National Bargaining

Alliance Releases Key Bargaining Interests

The 2025 AHCU Key Interests focus on securing fair wages, protecting and enhancing benefits, ensuring job and union security, improving staffing and patient care, and strengthening labor-management partnership practices.

Key Interests from our 2025 AHCU National Survey

Important Dates-National Bargaining 

May 6 – May 8: National kick-off
June 3 – June 5
July 15, July 17
August 5, August 7
August 19 – August 21


Who’s At the Table?

The Alliance of Health Care Unions’ (Alliance) National Bargaining Team includes Alliance staff and members from the 21 Alliance unions. This group is called Common Issues Committee (CIC).

The UNAC/UHCP CIC Members

Charmaine Morales, RN, UNAC/UHCP President

Peter Sidhu, RN, UNAC/UHCP Executive Vice-President

Elizabeth Hawkins, RN, UNAC/UHCP Secretary

Moises Alarcon, RN, UNAC/UHCP Treasurer

Joe Guzynski, UNAC/UHCP Executive Director

Debra Sung, PT, Representation Director

Vanessa Caballero, Representation Director

Brian Mason, Representation Director

Mandy Hartz, Representation Director

Erika Tapia, RN, Nursing Professional Practice Manager

Doug Wong, PA, KRRN-UHCP President

Marsha Vinson, OD, KPASCO President

Reyda Roxas, RN, SCNSC President

Kerin Asher Galloway, CNM, KPCSP President

Bianka Tulgar, PT, UTSC President

Stephenie Ellis, PharmD, UPSC President

Bert Kwok, PharmD, UPHI President

Matthew Piskura, PT, UTH President

Brian Nitta, PT, UTNC President

Linda Stuart, SLP, DASH President


Important Issues

The National Bargaining Coordinating Committee approves CIC subgroups to dive deeper into the most pressing issues for our unions. The groups for 2025 are:

Economic Subgroup

Partnership Effectiveness Subgroup

AI and Technology Subgroup

Staffing and Patient Care Subgroup

Watch this page for more information on the groups and UNAC/UHCP members