Strike begins at Kaiser Permanente as union agrees to resume talks

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- An open-ended onslaught involving wellness attraction workers represented by the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals began astatine 7 a.m. Monday, arsenic negotiations with Kaiser Permanente continue.

Kaiser Permanente officials accidental the striking employees correspond astir 3% of Kaiser's wellness attraction professionals successful Northern California, oregon astir 2,800 workers. The union's members see caregiver anesthetists, certified caregiver midwives, acupuncturists, doc assistants, occupational, code and carnal therapists.

The onslaught is taking spot astatine Kaiser Permanente facilities crossed Northern California, including successful Fresno.

Despite the labour action, Kaiser Permanente says hospitals, exigency rooms and aesculapian offices volition stay open, and that astir appointments, procedures and attraction volition proceed uninterrupted. Kaiser said it volition interaction members if their assignment oregon services request to beryllium rescheduled

Kaiser officials accidental they person agreed with the national to instrumentality to the bargaining array and are looking guardant to finalizing caller contracts.

Kaiser Permanente has been negotiating with the national for much than 7 months.

The talks are taking spot amid rising wellness attraction costs, portion millions of Americans hazard losing entree to wellness sum without national subsidies.

Kaiser Permanente officials accidental nary facilities oregon departments are presently closed due to the fact that of the strike.