PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Nurses and health professionals at Kaiser Permanente facilities in Oregon and Southwest Washington are going on strike Tuesday.

Members with the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP) will strike for five days — the same time as thousands of other Kaiser healthcare workers throughout California, Oregon, and Hawaii.

OFNHP represents nearly 4,000 nurses, laboratory professionals and other employees such as cancer counselors, physical therapists and mental health therapists whose contact ended Sept. 30.

According to the union, bargaining for a new contract has lasted months with little progress.

“No one who dedicates their life to caring for patients ever wants to walk off the job, but Kaiser has left us no choice,” OFNHP President Sarina Rohe

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