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Size: 16 pages; print on 8.5" x 11" paper (for full-size, print on 11" x 14" and trim to 9.5" x 11.5")
Intended audience: Frontline workers, managers and physicians
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This Plan Was Made for You and Me
There is no health plan in the country with more positive relationship with working people and the organizations that represent them than Kaiser Permanente. As KP celebrates 70 years of being a public health plan, learn about the organization's rich history and that of its unions.
Free to Speak
Bernard Tyson, KP chairman and CEO, on how unions help create KP's culture of openness.
It Took Courage
Pete diCicco, the founding executive director of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, recalls the critical decision that led to the creation of the Labor Management Partnership.
The Turning Point: July 21, 1945
Henrietta, Hank's resident columnist, on the bold move Henry J. Kaiser made when he opened the health plan to the public.
Around the Regions
When did your region become part of Kaiser Permanente? Take a look at how the organization expanded.
Generations of Caregivers and Union Activists
Good employers have loyal employees--and it's not uncommon to find KP workers who are third or fourth generation of their family to work here. Many of them are also loyal, vocal union members. Read some of their stories:
Roots Forged in Steel
Union Sisters, Speaking Up and Speaking Out
Three Generations of Activists
A Colorado Family With a Web of Workplace Ties
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Mom and Son Find Opportunities to Learn, Grow at KP
When You’re Still a Whippersnapper After 15 Years of Service
Four Women, Two Unions and One KP
Puzzles, Games and Posters
- SuperScrubs! Hank's full-page comic. This installment: Together Another 70 Years.
- Download LMP Lore, a fun trivia quiz!
- Get the answers to this issue's puzzles and games.
- Visit the puzzles and games page.
- Back cover poster: Free to Speak
The Summer 2015 issue of HANK, the Labor Management Partnership's quarterly magazine, focusing on 70 years of union and KP history.