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Union leaders want a $25-an-hour minimum wage across the company. Kaiser executives agree there should be an organization-wide minimum, but they’ve proposed $21, and $23 in California. The unions also say chronic understaffing puts patients at risk, which Kaiser denies.Kaiser Permanente closed a number of labs during the strike, while hospitals, emergency departments and pharmacies remained open.
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