SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Thousands of people at 22 locations throughout northern California participated in 24-hour sympathy strikes on Nov. 18 and 19 to support Kaiser Permanente hospital engineers. For over two months, Kaiser Permanente’s engineers have gone on strike to demand better working conditions and fair working contracts. The Epoch Times spoke with some labor union representatives at the picket line in front of a Kaiser Permanente hospital in Santa Clara, California, on Nov. 18. Labor unions said Kaiser had a history of staffing shortages even prior to the pandemic. In August 2021, healthcare professionals held protests in front of Kaiser hospitals to oppose vaccine mandates. During those protests, nurses mentioned staffing shortages, as healthcare workers were leaving as a result of mandates. “People continued working, putting in those long hours, but they were mentally, physically, and emotionally exhausted. And they just didn’t get the empathy that we give to our …
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