Days before strike begins, Kaiser fires legal salvo to break up nurses alliance

As 31,000 nurses and healthcare professionals prepare for an open-ended strike beginning Monday, Jan. 26 against Kaiser Permanente, the Oakland-based healthcare system says it has contingency plans in place to provide patient care at medical facilities in California and Hawaii.

In the days before the strike — the second since a five-day walkout last October — an independent mediator is helping iron out differences, while Kaiser has crafted its own plan to diminish the union’s bargaining...