Kaiser Permanente patients with appointments next week are on notice that a wide range of medical professionals plan to stage a five-day strike, starting at 7 a.m. Tuesday. And labor friction at Sharp HealthCare, and potentially UC San Diego Health, i ndicates that this fall is shaping up to be a season of labor unrest.

Kaiser has not said publicly exactly how its members are likely to be affected by the work stoppage, which involves 31,000 workers in California and Hawaii who are members of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals. The combined group, according to previous statements, includes “registered nurses, pharmacists, nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, midwives, physician assistants, rehab therapists, speech language pathologists,

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