Several member locals of the Alliance of Health Care Unions have issued notices to Kaiser facilities across multiple states for a five-day strike involving tens of thousands of workers and set to begin Oct. 14. Seven things to know: 1. The alliance is a federation of more than 20 union locals representing more than 60,000 employees. A Kaiser spokesperson told Becker’s the Oakland, Calif.-based health system has received formal strike notifications from the following unions:

United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals United Steelworkers Local 7600 Hawaii Nurses and Healthcare Professionals (home health/hospice, respiratory therapist and laboratory professionals units) Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals Oregon Nurses Association

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