'Solidarity Forever': 40,000 Kaiser Workers Set to Strike to Defend 700 Fellow Union Members

Tens of thousands of nurses, technicians, and other healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California staged a walkout Thursday in sympathy with about 700 engineers who have been on strike for two months, calling on the company to offer the employees a fair contract and, advocates said, demonstrating the power of labor unions and solidarity between workers.

About 40,000 workers represented by Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare West (SEIU-UHW), Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 29, and International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) Local 20 will go on strike from 7:00 Thursday morning until 7:00 Friday morning.

The strike exemplified the labor movement's motto of "Solidarity Forever," tweeted labor organizer Shane Ruiz, co-chair of the East Bay chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America.



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