31,000 nurses to strike at Kaiser Permanente in California, Hawaii, union says

Around 31,000 registered nurses and healthcare professionals will go on strike at Kaiser Permanente's facilities in California and Hawaii on Monday, a union said.

"Kaiser management unlawfully undermined contract negotiations and attempted to intimidate workers exercising their legal right to strike," the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) said.

The strike will affect over two dozen hospitals and hundreds of clinics, the union said, adding that it will continue until the healthcare conglomerate reaches an agreement. The strike was set to begin at 7 a.m. PT (1500 GMT) on Monday...