LMP Learning offers a range of dynamic classroom, online and just-in-time training that builds the partnering and performance skills and knowledge needed to sustain the success of the Labor Management Partnership and to advance Kaiser Permanente’s business strategy. LMP Learning is available to all unit-based team members, co-leads, sponsors and others throughout Kaiser Permanente who need to develop these skills and knowledge. 

Unit-based teams (UBTs) are transforming Kaiser Permanente by changing the roles of union members and managers and creating an environment in which all employees are encouraged to think critically about problem solving and work innovations. They were launched in 2005 as part of that year’s National Agreement. The people who negotiated the agreement envisioned UBTs as a way to improve care by tapping into the knowledge and experience of frontline staff, managers and physicians. The Partnership unions have since reaffirmed UBTs as a platform for improvement in each National Agreement.

The Labor Management Partnership brings together Kaiser Permanente workers, managers and physicians at all levels of the organization. Together, Kaiser Permanente, the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions and the Alliance of Health Care Unions provide team-tested tools and practices for solving problems, making decisions and delivering better care, service and improving work life.  

A series of national labor agreements between Kaiser Permanente and the Partnership unions have used the interest-based bargaining process to achieve industry-leading results. The first was in 2000, three years after the Labor Management Partnership was founded; subsequent agreements followed in 2005 (with a re-opener in 2008), 2010, 2012 and 2015, each building on the previous and developing fresh innovations.