Local 400 Member and Team Receive Two Kaiser Awards

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)The Kaiser Thrive Awards are to Kaiser employees as the Academy Awards are to actors, a great achievement and honor. One of the stars who made Kaiser thrive over the years was Local 400 Executive Board member Jaki Bradley (in photo below), a Kaiser registered nurse who is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve and commander of the U.S. Army’s 7202nd Medical Support Unit. Bradley was a part of two teams that received awards for the innovative project and programs that they created from start to finish. First, the Capitol Hill Center Project was led by a transition team to bridge the gap between the detailed planning and delivery of the new HUB and Medical Center Operations, ultimately serving as the link between National Facility Services and Medical Center Operations. As a part of this team, Bradley always ensured labor was at the table at all of the decision making, no matter how big or small, when developing this state-of-the-art facility.  “It’s a big deal being the first region in the country to open up a center of this magnitude, where all the specialties are in one facility in the District of Columbia,” said Bradley. “Watching the first patient come into the building, all I could think of was ‘it’s about time we got all of this in D.C.’” To read about the other award that they received check out the full article on the UFCW 400 website. Jaki Bradley shares her thoughts of the hard work and dedication that went into the two projects in this video. This story and photo originally appeared in the UFCW Local 400 newsletter on October 12, 2011.