Union representatives are calling it the largest health care worker strike in United States history.
Julio Rivera, right, an anesthesia technician, leads a chant outside Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center on the first day of strike on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in San Jose, Calif. A three-day strike by thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers kicked off Wednesday morning, impacting everything from surgeries to prescription access across the Bay Area.
Kaiser Permanente employees chant outside Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center on their first day of strike on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in San Jose, Calif. Yvonne Esquivel, 46, a pediatric medical assistant at Kaiser’s medical offices in Gilroy, said Kaiser has failed to replace enough workers after large numbers fled health care careers amid upheaval from the COVID pandemic.
Kaiser shut down some out-patient pharmacies. Patients visiting the Oakland Medical Center pharmacy at 3600 Broadway said it was jam-packed early Wednesday morning as other nearby Kaiser pharmacies shuttered. Mike Gardener and fellow Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers form a picket line as they begin a strike nationwide at Kaiser Oakland Medical Center in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. About 75,000 healthcare workers across the country take part in the largest strike in United States history. Workers demand higher wages and solutions to staffing shortage.
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