Kaiser Permante employees begin largest healthcare strike in U.S. history

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More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente employees are expected to be out on the picket line Wednesday morning after they couldn’t come to an agreement with management on a new contract.

Before the sun came up, workers already were out in San Jose, beginning to set up for their day. Union leaders said they were on standby to see if they’d come to an agreement at the last minute but that didn’t happen, though negotiations are still ongoing. As dawn broke, the picket line grew. The coalition of Kaiser Permanente unions said this is the largest healthcare worker strike in U.S. history.

"Since the pandemic began 3 ½ years ago, a lot of our co-workers have left the industry and Kaiser executives have really failed to replace them," said Ethan Ruskin, a health educator at Kaiser San Jose. "And to have the staff that we need to take care of our patients."

 

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