Kaiser Permanente reaches tentative deal with SEIU

Health-care group Kaiser Permanente said Wednesday that it has reached a deal with a coalition of unions to avert an 85,000-person strike nationwide, including a 3,000-worker walkout in Colorado.

In a statement, the Oakland, California-based company said the agreement would last four years and guarantee annual pay raises, create a list of jobs that cannot be outsourced and add $250 on top of the the company’s $500 employee tuition stipend, among other benefits.

The deal comes weeks after Service Employees International Union Local 105 in Denver overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike if the two sides couldn’t reach an agreement by the…