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Kaiser Permanente Workers Begin Strike for Better Patient Care<\/strong><\/p>\n On Tuesday, Kaiser Permanente employees kicked off the first day of a five-day strike. Pharmacy workers were seen waving to passing cars on Pensacola Street as they rallied for better working conditions. The strike involves around 31,000 registered nurses and healthcare professionals from Hawaii and California, all represented by the United Nurses Associations of California\/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC\/UHCP).<\/p>\n This strike, which affects over 500 Kaiser hospitals and clinics, has gained considerable support from patients, community members, and local officials. The union leaders say the timing of the strike aligns with new standards from the Joint Commission that categorize safe staffing levels as essential for patient safety. They believe this strengthens their position in negotiations with Kaiser.<\/p>\n UNAC\/UHCP President Charmaine S. Morales emphasized the importance of these changes, stating, \u201cUnsafe staffing is unsafe care.\u201d She added that employers like Kaiser can\u2019t treat staffing as just another expense anymore, as it has now become a national requirement for patient safety.<\/p>\n Union representatives are set to return to negotiations with Kaiser on October 28 and 29, feeling encouraged by the public\u2019s support and the momentum from their strike.<\/p>\n Morales expressed pride in the commitment shown by the striking workers: \u201cWe stood strong for five days and made sure the world heard us. This strike isn\u2019t just about numbers; it’s about ensuring safe care for every patient who walks through our doors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kaiser Permanente Workers Begin Strike for Better Patient Care On Tuesday, Kaiser Permanente employees kicked off the first day of a five-day strike. Pharmacy workers were seen waving to passing cars on Pensacola Street as they rallied for better working conditions. The strike involves around 31,000 registered nurses and healthcare professionals from Hawaii and California,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1990],"class_list":["post-19448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}