Another strike appears imminent at Kaiser Permanente. The United Nurses Associations of California /Union of Health Care Professionals on Thursday delivered a 10-day strike notice to Kaiser executives.

It’s a smaller price to pay. New York State Nurses Association union negotiators asked for smaller, 18% wage increases for nurses on strike at three Mount Sinai hospitals, officials confirmed Friday — as the historic walkout’s second week drew to a close.

Union members at Parker Lord are on strike over a contract dispute concerning wages. The union president has raised concerns about the quality of parts being produced by non-union workers during the strike. Frigid temperatures have prompted striking union member s at Parker Lord to picket in four-hour shifts.

The nurses' union says they have reached a deal on maintaining health benefits at two hospitals - this was a key sticking point.