SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUS) — Tens of thousands of healthcare workers are set to strike against Kaiser Permanente this week after the union representing them delivered a 10-day strike notice.
Starting at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 31,000 United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) members will strike for five days, ending at 7 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 19, the union announced.
Kaiser Permanente faces massive healthcare worker strike
Kaiser nurses, pharmacists, nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, midwives, physician assistants, rehab therapists, speech language pathologists, dietitians and other specialty health care professionals are striking for safe staffing, equitable pay and benefits and a voice for frontline caregivers from Kaiser Permanente, the union said.
This will be the largest strike in UNAC/UHCP’s history, according to the union, which said they are a member union of the Alliance of Health Care Unions, so up to 46,000 Kaiser employees could join strike lines in California, Hawaii and Oregon.
30,000 healthcare workers authorize strike against Kaiser Permanente over wages, staffing issues
In San Diego County, striking Kaiser employees will be picketing outside the San Marcos Medical Center, the Zion Medical Center and the San Diego Medical Center. The full picket line schedule and locations can be found below, courtesy of the union:
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Kaiser Permanente announced it received a strike notice from the Alliance of Health Care Unions for a 5-day strike beginning October 14 across Southern California, and said they have been negotiating since May on a new agreement…