ROSEVILLE, Calif. —

Registered nurses and health care professionals with Kaiser Permanente in Northern California went on strike Tuesday over failed contract negotiations between the health care provider and its unions.

A release from the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP), the union representing 31,000 employees in California and Hawaii, said the strike is for five days. Of those employees, 2,800 are from Northern California.

One of the strike locations is the Kaiser facility in Roseville, where workers began their strike at 7 a.m. The release states that workers are seeking higher compensation, benefits and safe staffing.

UNAC/UHCP is touting this as the largest-ever strike for the union. Among the employees are registered nurses,

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