Kaiser Permanente mental health workers and supporters march outside a Kaiser facility in Sacramento, Califorina, August 15, 2022
SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND health workers in five US states walked out on strike today over pay and staff shortages.
Pickets were held at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions called three days’ strike action in California, Colorado, Oregon and Washington and one day in Virginia and the country’s capital, Washington DC.
The strikers include nurses, home health aides and ultrasound sonographers, as well as technicians in radiology, X-ray, surgical, pharmacy and emergency departments.
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