LOS ANGELES — Nearly seven months after going on a labor strike, the union representing Kaiser Permanente mental health workers will hold a ratification vote Thursday on a proposed new contract.
The tentative deal announced Sunday covers nearly 2,400 Kaiser mental health therapists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and psychologists represented by National Union of Healthcare Workers, or NUHW.
If the agreement is given formal consent by union members, NUHW will end its open-ended strike, both sides said. If ratified, the agreement will take immediate effect…