Approximately 31,000 registered nurses and healthcare professionals today began an “open-ended” strike at Kaiser Permanente’s facilities in California and Hawaii.
“Kaiser management unlawfully undermined contract negotiations and attempted to intimidate workers exercising their legal right to strike,” the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) said in a statement.
The strike affects more than two dozen hospitals – including San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland – and hundreds of clinics. In a strike statement, the association said its union members will continue the strike until the state’s largest health care provider reaches an agreement on a new labor contract…