Frontline Workers Avoid Strike, Ratify New Contract With Sutter Health
Source: Newsweek
Oct 28, 2025 at 02:24 PM EDT
By Lauren Giella
Senior Reporter
Sutter Health reached an agreement with frontline employees Monday, avoiding a planned workers' strike.
Why It Matters
Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) said this agreement averted an authorized strike at eight Sutter Health facilities in nine cities, including Oakland, Santa Rosa, Roseville, Berkeley, Lakeport, Vallejo, Antioch, Castro Valley and San Francisco.
What To Know
More than 4,700 frontline workers across eight Sutter Health facilities in Northern California voted to approve the new contract that has been under negotiation since July.
The employee strike was set to take place from October 20 to October 24, but the demonstration was avoided after the parties reached a tentative agreement on October 11.
Sign for Sutter Health Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, a prominent hospital in Berkeley, California, June 5, 2018. | (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
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