“The strike notice includes caregivers at Northern California Kaiser Permanente facilities from Sacramento to Fresno, and across the Bay Area,” says the nurses union. photo credit: Shutterstock If Kaiser is your health plan, heads up if you have an appointment next Monday. Healthcare workers across 20 Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Northern California are planning to strike for a day on Sept. 8.
600 nurse midwives and nurse anesthetists members of the United Nurses Associations of California and Union of Health Care Professionals have given a strike notice to Kaiser management as a response to what they say are burnout and understaffing.
Their plan is to picket the Oakland and Roseville Kaiser locations for 24 hours, starting Monday September 8.
According to the union, “the strike notice includes caregivers at Northern California Kaiser Permanente facilities from Sacramento to Fresno, and across the Bay Area. Earlier this month, the midwives and nurse anesthetists voted overwhelmingly in favor of striking.”…