Posted on Nov 1, 2023
More Kaiser workers to join picket lines Wednesday
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More than 600 Kaiser Permanente imaging technicians are set to strike Wednesday when their contract expires.
The imaging technicians are members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555. The newly striking workers will join around 370 Kaiser pharmacy workers, also part of UFCW Local 555, who’ve been on strike since Oct. 1.
The imaging workers strike begins at 6 a.m. and will end Nov. 18.
It’s the latest in a series of labor actions that have disrupted health care in the Pacific Northwest this fall and led to growing wages for workers still stretched thin years after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The union is not discouraging anyone from seeking care and said getting medical care is not considered crossing a picket line. But the group is warning that some appointments and procedures may be delayed during the walkout.
The imaging technicians are members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555. The newly striking workers will join around 370 Kaiser pharmacy workers, also part of UFCW Local 555, who’ve been on strike since Oct. 1.
The imaging workers strike begins at 6 a.m. and will end Nov. 18.
It’s the latest in a series of labor actions that have disrupted health care in the Pacific Northwest this fall and led to growing wages for workers still stretched thin years after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The union is not discouraging anyone from seeking care and said getting medical care is not considered crossing a picket line. But the group is warning that some appointments and procedures may be delayed during the walkout.
More Kaiser workers to join picket lines Wednesday
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