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More than 75,000 workers to strike at hundreds of Kaiser Permanente health facilities across U.S.

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The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions has described the work stoppage as the largest strike of health-care workers in U.S. history.

The strike will target Kaiser hospitals and medical offices in California, Colorado, Maryland, Oregon, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Washington state.

Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weeklyOther workers will are scheduled to walk out at 6 a.m. local time in the remaining states. Caroline Lucas, executive director of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, said the staffing crisis has led to unsafe working conditions and deteriorating care for patients.

The devastating toll of the Covid-19 pandemic has compounded the staffing shortage, Pittman said. Many workers left the field because they felt administration was not doing enough to protect them from both the virus and antagonism from some members of the community, she said.

 

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