"Roughly 31,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers have walked off the job this week in California and Hawaii, protesting stalled contract negotiations and what they describe as unsafe staffing levels that put patients and employees at risk. Their strike began at 7 a.m. Tuesday and will go until 7 a.m. on Sunday. The workers on strike are members of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP)."
"Kaiser is one of the largest, most well-resourced health systems in the country. It operates 40 hospitals and more than 600 medical offices across eight states and Washington, D.C., with a workforce of more than 200,000 employees. It also runs a health plan with 12.6 million members. Last year, the health system made $115.8 billion in operating revenue and generated a profit of nearly $13 billion. It paid CEO Gregory Adams a salary of $15.6 million."
"Kaiser also has investments totaling more than $100 billion - both domestically and abroad - in areas such as fossil fuels, for-profit prisons, alcohol companies, casinos and military weapons. In the past, union leaders have pointed to these investments as evidence that Kaiser has ample resources to address workers' demands but does not always choose to prioritize them. The health system is no stranger to labor disagreements."
Approximately 31,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in California and Hawaii began a strike at 7 a.m. Tuesday that will run until 7 a.m. Sunday. The striking employees are members of UNAC/UHCP and say bargaining since May has failed to resolve dangerous staffing levels and stagnant pay. Kaiser contends it has worked for months to reach a fair deal and called the strike unnecessary and disruptive. Kaiser operates dozens of hospitals and hundreds of medical offices, reported $115.8 billion in operating revenue and nearly $13 billion profit last year, and holds over $100 billion in investments.
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