Healthcare workers on three-day strike in US
More than 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente - the nation's largest health-care nonprofit organization - went on strike on Wednesday at hospitals and medical offices in five states after the company and labor negotiators failed to resolve a dispute over low salaries, labor benefits and staff shortages, which the demonstrators claim has deteriorated the quality of patient care. teleSUR
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00:00 Thousands of healthcare workers in the United States woke up jobs on Wednesday as part of
00:05 the three-day strike to demand their working conditions.
00:09 More than 75,000 workers at CASI, Permanente, the nation's largest healthcare non-profit
00:15 organization, went on strike on Wednesday at hospitals and medical offices in five states
00:20 after their company and labor negotiators failed to resolve a dispute over low salaries,
00:26 labor benefits and start shortages, which demonstrators claimed has deteriorated the
00:32 quality of patient care.
00:34 The strikers include vocational nurses, emergency department technicians, radiology technicians,
00:40 x-ray technicians, respiratory therapists, medical assistants, pharmacists and hundreds
00:45 of other positions.
00:47 The walkout is considered the largest by healthcare workers in the United States and is expected
00:53 to end next Saturday.
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