Hundreds of union workers strike at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland

Hundreds of health care workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland are now on strike indefinitely, opposing what they say is a serious pay cut that would hurt employees and also patients.

The strike comes as the University of California moves to transition workers from employment by the hospital to the UC system. Striking members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, the union that represents more than 1,000 therapists, social workers and other employees at the hospital and its clinics...