More than 75,000 union health care workers at Kaiser Permanente went on strike Wednesday, impacting hundreds of hospitals in several states amid a labor dispute.
Kaiser Permanente medical facilities across the U.S. could face worse-than-usual staffing shortages this week after more than 75,000 union employees of the hospital conglomerate walked off the job Wednesday amid a labor dispute. A coalition of unions representing the workers says the planned three-day strike will impact hundreds of hospitals in several states, with picket lines in California, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Kaiser says there is an acute shortage of health care workers nationwide, but despite that challenge, it has been able to hire more than 50,000 frontline workers in the last two years and is on track to reach the hiring goal it set with the unions this year ahead of schedule. The company also says it already leads in compensation in every market where it operates. Regarding pay, the union coalition is asking for a 24.
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