A possible five-day strike by health care workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities is set to begin Tuesday and could affect three hospitals in San Diego County, according to union officials.

The strike plan is part of a planned walkout statewide in California and Hawaii involving 31,000 members of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals. Members include registered nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants, rehab therapists, dietitians, speech- language pathologists, nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, midwives and other specialty health workers.

The San Diego County facilities are Zion Medical Center in Grantville, where picketing is expected Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; San Diego Medical Center in Kearny Mesa (Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday)

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