Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente nurses and health professionals across Northern California are preparing to strike Oct. 14 in what union leaders say will be the largest work stoppage in the company’s history.
The United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP), which represents 31,000 workers, issued a 10-day strike notice to Kaiser executives Friday.
The five-day strike is expected to affect more than two dozen hospitals and clinics across California and Hawaii, including major Bay Area facilities in Oakland, San Francisco, Walnut Creek, and San Jose…