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Kaiser nurses, employees strike across California and Hawaii

A large strike by Kaiser Permanente employees kicked off Monday morning, with union leaders calling it an open-ended "unfair labor practice strike."

Kaiser nurses plan to go on strike statewide; several hospitals in L.A. and Orange counties to be affected

Picket lines will also go up at Kaiser hospitals and clinics in Northern California, Central California, Riverside and San Bernardino and San Diego counties, as well as in Hawaii. In Orange and Los Angeles counties, the pickets will be held at: Anaheim Medical Center, 3440 E. La Palma Ave., Anaheim.

Hospital chaos looms as tens of thousands of California nurses threaten walk off job despite proposed wage hikes

Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente nurses are threatening to walk off the job despite a proposed 21% wage increase offered by the California healthcare giant. The strike, set to begin at 7 a.m. Monday,