The union representing mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente is planning to strike. The California health care giant says it has a plan for patients.
Mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California gave notice that they intend to strike beginning Oct. 21. Their counterparts in Northern California went on strike for 10 days in 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMattersThe strike would be the second one in a little more than two years by California mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente. The clock is ticking to avoid a walkout.
Kaiser representatives, in an emailed statement, said they put forward a strong offer that increases wages and enhances “industry-leading” benefits. They said they have invested more than a billion dollars since 2020 in expanding mental health capabilities in California and referred to the threat of the strike as a commonly used bargaining tactic and a distraction that “creates unnecessary concern for our members.
The stress of the work has led her to develop migraines, she said, and “my own mental health tanked.” Some of her colleagues are reporting stress dreams and panic attacks, she said.
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