More than 75,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente are set to walk off the job, marking the largest health care strike in U.S. history.
across the country began a three-day strike Wednesday in what their union says in the largest of its type inThe strike by the union representing Kaiser employees nationwide began on the East Coast at 3 a.m. Strikes are scheduled throughout
The union, however, continued circulating plans for picketing that is scheduled to begin at 6 a.m. Wednesday at Kaiser locations throughout the state if contract talks fail -- with 75,000 Kaiser workers expected to take part across California and several other states. Additional picketing would be done at Kaiser facilities in Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., according to the union coalition.
The union has accused Kaiser of cutting performance bonuses for employees, failing to protect employees against subcontracting, offering wages that fail to keep pace with inflation and falling short in efforts to maintain adequate staffing levels.
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