Kaiser Permanente: Over 75,000 US healthcare workers go on strike

2023-10-05 03:26

About 40% of Kaiser Permanente's workers walked off their jobs to call for higher wages and more staff.

Over 75,000 union workers at healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente have gone on strike, beginning the largest walkout by health workers in US history.

The three-day work stoppage involves nurses, pharmacists and lab technicians in five US states and Washington DC.

Nearly 13 million patients...