Union health care worker strike hits Kaiser Permanente hospitals across US
«Making Money» host Charles Payne discusses the impact of the expansion of the UAW strikes.
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.
Demonstrations are ongoing at dozens of hospitals in California alone, impacting facilities across the state, from Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, the Central Valley, Sacramento and San Diego.
Health care workers strike in front of Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Oct. 4, 2023, as more than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers across the United States walked off the job. (Aude Guerrucci / Reuters Photos)
The main strike hub in Oregon is Sunnyside Medical Center in Clackamas, and workers are also marching at the North Lancaster Medical Offices in Salem. Washington state has a pair of strike locations, too, at Cascade Park Medical Offices in Vancouver and the Kaiser Permanente Longview-Kelso Medical Office in Longview.
75,000 UNION HEALTH CARE WORKERS AT KAISER PERMANENTE GO ON STRIKE
There are four strike locations in Colorado, where picketers are marching at medical offices in downtown Denver, Aurora, Lakewood and Colorado Springs. Union workers are also marching at Springfield Medical Center in Virginia.
The striking workers are asking for increased staffing levels along with higher pay and other benefits. The alliance of unions representing
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