HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - In an unprecedented move, more than 31,000 registered nurses and healthcare professionals are set to begin a five-day strike against Kaiser Permanente.

Workers in Hawaii and California with the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals are set to start picketing at 7 a.m. on Tuesday.

Workers from more than 500 Kaiser Permanente facilities are pushing for safe staffing, equitable pay, and the future of patient care, according to a statement from the union.

Two Kaiser Permanente facilities on Oahu where picketing is expected to start Tuesday are the Honolulu Medical Office at Pensacola Street and the Moanalua Medical Center on Moanalua Road.

Kaiser Permanente’s Maui Lani Medical Office located on Maui Lani Parkway will also be

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