Kaiser strike: Mental health workers to picket over staffing, benefits

Thousands of Kaiser Permanente mental health workers plan to go on a five-day strike beginning Monday, Dec. 10, staging pickets around California and drawing attention to what they call a critical staff shortage and unequal benefits. Roughly 4,000 psychologists, therapists, social workers, psychiatric nurses and other medical professionals represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers will demonstrate through Friday, Dec. 14, according to the union.