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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

A massive health care strike over wages and staffing shortages headed into its final day on Friday without a deal between industry giant Kaiser Permanente and the unions representing the 75,000 workers who picketed this week.

The three-day strike carried out in multiple states will officially end Saturday at 6 a.m., and workers were expected to return to their jobs in Kaiser’s hospitals and clinics that serve nearly 13 million Americans. The two sides did not have any bargaining sessions scheduled after concluding their talks midday Wednesday.

The strike for three days in California — where most of Kaiser’s facilities are located — as well as in Colorado, Oregon and Washington was a last resort after Kaiser executives ignored the short-staffing crisis worsened by the coronavirus pandemic, union officials said. Their goal was to bring the problems to the public’s consciousness for support, according to the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions. Some 180 workers from facilities in Virginia and Washington, D.C., also picketed but only on Wednesday.

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[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's a fact of hospital labor that when workers go on strike, some patients will not receive adequate care. The people working in healthcare are super passionate about their patients and don't want them to suffer. Short term strikes are a way to perform intermittent striking without losing legal protections, while also meeting the needs of patients. If Kaiser can't find an agreement though, they will go on a much longer strike like in 2021

[-] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Correct. This is usually seen as a warning shot. If kaiser doesn't get their shit together then they actually strike.

[-] agitatedpotato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

Their employers care less about the patients than the employees and are ecstatic that their doctors won't let the patients die, because the employer absolutely would let the patients die if it came down to it. I don't know what the alternative is but if you tell them you're coming back, they're not even going to sweat.

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

the thing about intermittent strikes, is that they're super successful. This is because they are highly unpredictable. The disruptions caused by a short term, unpredictable strike means that scabs are exceedingly difficult to have on hand as a contingency. This in turn means that it's more disruptive to operations (and profits) than a long haul strike.

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