Home-based care workers are among the tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers who went on strike in California and Hawaii, citing a

More than 31,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and other healthcare professionals walked off the job Monday in California and Hawaii, launching an open-ended unfair labor practice strike that union leaders say is rooted in Kaiser’s refusal to bargain in good faith and its failure to address widespread staffing shortages that directly affect patient care.

Kaiser Permanente hospitals across Los Angeles and California saw mass walkouts as 31,000 health care workers strike over pay and patient safety.

Distressed patients who had surgeries and vital treatment postponed due to a massive strike by California health care workers express their frustration.

A strike by thousands of unionized workers at Kaiser Permanente locations in Hawaii and California is set to begin at 7 a.m. today. No resolution is yet in sight over a new contract between Kaiser and the United Nurses Associations of California /Union of Health Care Professionals,