Kaiser Permanente staff members, signed up with by Union members representing the employees, stroll the picket line in Los Angeles, California on October 4,2023
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Tens of countless Kaiser Permanente employees stayed on strike Thursday for a 2nd day over a short-staffing crisis at health centers.
A representative for the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions stated that the strike– which it called the biggest health-care employee walkout in U.S. history– will continue till Saturday early morning at the most recent as the group awaits “a meaningful response from Kaiser executives” to its needs.
There are presently no bargaining sessions arranged with Kaiser, stated the representative, Caroline Lucas.
More than 75,000 employees went on strike Wednesday at numerous Kaiser Permanente health centers in California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Oregon, Virginia and Washington state.
Nearly 60,000 of those employees remain in California.
Kaiser Permanente employees in the District of Columbia and Virginia went on strike for one day and went back to work Thursday, however the strike will continue in the other 4 states through Saturday early morning “barring any dramatic action from Kaiser executives to address the short staffing crisis,” Lucas stated.
Operations, chemotherapy treatments and other “non-urgent” treatments were held off Wednesday due to the strike, NBC News reported.
Kaiser Permanente has actually stated all health centers and emergency situation departments will stay open throughout the work blockage, however optional treatments might need to be held off.
Kaiser Permanente is the biggest personal, not-for-profit health-care company in the U.S.
It serves almost 13 million clients and runs 39 health centers and more than 600 medical workplaces throughout 8 states and the District of Columbia.
