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Kaiser Permanente workers in Oregon join thousands across U.S. in 3-day strike

System officials said their hospitals, emergency departments and urgent care locations remained open, but several facilities in the Portland metro area, Salem and Eugene will close
October 4, 2023
 
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Kaiser Permanente workers represented by the Service Employees International Union Local 49 hold a picket outside Westside Medical Center in Hillsboro on July 24, 2023 to pressure the managed care consortium on contract negotiations. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

An estimated 4,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in Oregon and Southwest Washington began a three-day strike, joining a larger labor movemen