Big wage proposals at stake in Kaiser employee strike. Not much action in Modesto

A strike involving Kaiser Permanente health care workers entered a third day Thursday with no agreement in the contract talks.

At Northern California Kaiser facilities, the strike includes 2,800 physical therapists, nurse midwives, physician assistants, occupational therapists and other skilled employees represented by United Nurses Associations of California and the Union of Health Care Professionals.

A broader strike has involved 31,000 Kaiser employees in California, Oregon and Hawaii. The union action hasn’t been as visible in Stanislaus County, as the Kaiser hospital in north Modesto hasn’t been a key location for picketing…

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