"We're fighting for our livelihoods, we're fighting for patient care,"
"I believed their values and their mission statement, "It feels like they're deviating from the foundation of why Kaiser was built. It feels kind of sad to be here and realize that Kaiser is choosing profit over patients.""
A monthslong labor dispute at Kaiser Permanente over staffing and compensation escalated into an open-ended strike affecting dozens of hospitals and clinics in California and Hawaii. Approximately 31,000 members of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals voted to walk off jobs to press demands on staffing, wages and patient care protections. Union members cite smaller pandemic-era raises, inflation, long patient waitlists and alleged prioritization of revenue as motivations. Kaiser counters that its workers earn more on average and asserts it meets staffing and safety requirements while disputing claims of compromised patient care.
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