💥 Imagine heading to work as a nurse or tech at your local hospital and seeing picket signs everywhere! That's exactly what happened Tuesday morning as tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers hit the streets across the U.S. West Coast.
📅 Kicking off at 7 a.m. Pacific Time, the five-day strike will run through 7 a.m. Sunday, impacting more than 500 hospitals and medical facilities—primarily in California and Hawaii, including several in the Los Angeles area.
📢 Representing the biggest walkout in the 50-year history of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP), the strike is all about securing safe staffing levels, fair pay, and protecting patient care. "Kaiser employees are launching a 5-day strike against Kaiser Permanente – not because they want to, but because they have to," the union said in a media release.
🤝 Kaiser Permanente called the action "unnecessary and disruptive," but said it remains committed to finding an agreement that balances fair wages with high-quality, affordable care for its members and patients.
🏥 Headquartered in Oakland, California, Kaiser Permanente is one of the largest not-for-profit health plans in the U.S., serving 12.6 million members through 600 medical offices and 40 hospitals in the western region.
🔍 Stay tuned as this historic walkout unfolds—young professionals, students, and news enthusiasts alike will want to see how this showdown shapes the future of healthcare on the West Coast! ⚕️
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