More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers are walking out in a dispute over staffing levels. Photo: JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFPMore than 75,000 employees at Kaiser Permanente began one of the largest healthcare worker strikes in recent US history on Wednesday after failing to resolve a dispute over staffing levels.
It is due to spread to the West Coast later in the day, where the vast majority of the company's workforce is based. It has threatened to engage in further strike action in November"if Kaiser continues to commit unfair labor practices."
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