A coalition of unions representing more than 75,000 health care workers at Kaiser Permanente went on strike Wednesday in a work stoppage spanning several states.
More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente employees walked off the job on Wednesday in what theirA coalition of labor unions representing the workers notified the company last month that it plans to carry out a three-day strike starting Wednesday at 6:00 a.m. PT if a new contract is not reached in time. The previous contract expired Saturday.spanning several states, with picket lines in California, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
"I see my patients’ frustrations when I have to rush them and hurry on to my next patient. That’s not the care I want to give," Cruz continued. "We’re burning ourselves out trying to do the jobs of two or three people, and our patients suffer when they can't get the care they need due to Kaiser's short-staffing."
Kaiser's latest proposal from over the weekend offered 16% and 12.5% wage increases for coalition employees over the life of the contract, depending on their location.
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