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Nearly 2,400 mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities went on strike Monday amid contract talks and allegations of a “broken” system of care, while Kaiser officials say the union has been “slow walking” the negotiation process and planned to strike before labor talks even began.

More than 2,000 mental health workers at Southern California’s Kaiser Permanente hospital are planning to walk off the job, their union said.

Tens of thousands of LA County union workers could walk off the job in about three weeks. Michelle Valles reports for the NBC4 News at 6 a.m. on Sept. 24, 2024. 

Over 600 workers at two Smart & Final warehouses in Southern California went on strike Wednesday and planned to walk picket lines Thursday, protesting what they call mass layoffs and other alleged unfair labor practices, their union said.  

Negotiations are set to resume Monday between Food 4 Less and the union representing its approximately 6,000 workers, three days after employees finished voting overwhelming to authorize a strike.

Members of the union representing 6,000 Food4less workers will begin voting this week on whether to authorize a strike now that their current contract has expired without a tentative agreement on a new one.