Fingers crossed that the doctors join too, I hear that doctors are organizing!

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Through the strike, the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions hopes to pressure the California-based company to address staffing shortages that began during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, as well as better wages.

In a statement on Wednesday, Kaiser Permanente said that it had made “a lot of progress” in discussions with the unions overnight and “remained committed to reaching a new agreement”.

While Kaiser Permanente has said that hospitals and emergency departments will continue to function - partly staffed by “contingent workers” - non-essential services such as routine check-ups or elective procedures may have to be rescheduled.

The unions have repeatedly pointed to Kaiser Permanente’s profits - which reached about $3bn (£2.47bn) in the first half of this year - as a sign that contracts should be renegotiated.

“These kinds of conditions mean that things that could be preventable and caught in time become crises,” she said, adding that the company refused to “listen to frontline health care workers”.

Michael Ramey, an ultrasound technician at a Kaiser Permanente facility in San Diego, told the BBC’s US partner CBS that his job had become “heartbreaking” and “stressful” as a result of chronic staffing issues.

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