Kaiser Permanente workers launch historic strike over staffing and pay

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers launched a strike on Wednesday at hospitals and medical centers across five states and Washington, D.C, the largest walkout by health care workers in U.S. history. The work stoppage involving nurses, lab technicians, pharmacists and other workers started at 6 a.m. local time at hundreds of Kaiser hospitals and medical offices in California, Colorado, Oregon, Virginia, Washington and Washington, D.C., according to the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions. The strike, which schedule to last three days, threatens to disrupt medical services for almost 13...