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Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente nurses and employees plan to walk off the job on Tuesday over wage and staffing level concerns that they say have been unaddressed as the healthcare organization’s operations expand.
The walkout, which is expected to last five days, could bring disruptions to dozens of clinics and hospitals in California and Hawaii, according to one of the unions launching the strike.
Representatives for Kaiser, which employs about 180,000 people in California, said that in the event of a work stoppage, impacted facilities will remain open. Physicians will continue to see patients aided by trained managers and contingency staff, including licensed temporary nurses…