SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- Union members of a security guard firm working for Kaiser Permanente facilities have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new contract.
Guards with the firm Securitas averted a strike by voting in favor of the three-year deal this weekend.
Some 2,000 security guards were threatened with the loss of health care benefits in February.
KCBS' Mark Seelig Reports
The union's spokesperson, Rachelle Huennekens said both sides are happy with the agreement.
"This agreement restores health care to its previous level," she said. "It's giving an opportunity for the security officers to take their families to get care at the same Kaiser facilities they work at."
Huennekens said union members will have lower co-pays, no deductibles and an increase in minimum wages for workers in the East Bay and San Francisco.
Kaiser had switched security firms earlier this year, from Intercon to Securitas.
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