Kaiser Permanente is steering patients to other providers during a strike by Southern California mental health workers. Appointments could be rescheduled.
The union representing Kaiser Permanente mental health workers in Southern California began an open-ended strike today. The clinicians and therapists are seeking better retirement benefits and working conditions. Kaiser mental health workers in Northern California were on strike for 10 weeks in 2022. Photo by Martin do Nascimento, CalMattersThe strike is the second one in a little more than two years by California mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente. The last one lasted 10 weeks.
Kaiser in a written statement said it is notifying patients whose appointments could be affected by the strike. “Patients will have the opportunity to be seen by another professional in our extensive network of highly qualified, licensed therapists, if their regular provider is engaged in a strike,” the statement read.Southern California Kaiser workers now are asking for more time in between appointments to prepare for patients.
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