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LOS ANGELES - Thousands of unionized Kaiser Permanente registered nurses and other health professionals are set to begin a five-day strike Tuesday in California and Hawaii amid ongoing contract negotiations.

What we know:

Workers represented by the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals are expected to begin picketing at 7 a.m. at locations including the Kaiser South Bay Medical Center in Harbor City; Kaiser Woodland Hills Medical Center in the San Fernando Valley; and Kaiser Baldwin Park Medical Center in South Los Angeles.

Affected workers include registered nurses, pharmacists, nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, midwives, physician assistants, rehab therapists, speech language pathologists, dietitians and other specialty healt

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