The union representing 31,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and health care professionals across California and Hawaii, the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, on Thursday issued a 10-day notice to strike, with walkouts possible from San Jose to San Diego and Honolulu starting Jan. 26.
Safe staffing, wages, and stalled contract negotiations are at the center of the dispute, following the expiration of the union’s contract and an unresolved unfair labor practice charge.
The strike could impact care at dozens of hospitals and hundreds of clinics, making it one of the largest potential health care labor actions of the year in the U.S. Kaiser Permanente is the largest health care system in the Bay Area…