The union that represents more than 30,000 striking Kaiser Permanente workers announced Monday morning that its four-week work stoppage will end Tuesday. Members of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals walked off their jobs on Jan. 26, protesting what they called inadequate contract offers from their employer. Kaiser insisted that its offer of a 21.5% across-the-board raise was more than fair, but workers said that their concerns about inadequate staffing were not adequately addressed. Details on what caused the breakthrough that will end the strike were not immediately available Monday morning. The union’s statement indicates that there was “significant movement at the bargaining table” in the past 48 hours that led to the conclusion that “returning members to their patients and their livelihoods is the clearest path to securing a final agreement and building on the progress achieved during the strike.” A Kaiser representative said by email that the medical provider expects to comment on the development later today. ...read more read less