About 4,000 nurses and skilled medical professionals at Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Oregon and Southwest Washington are on strike this week.

It’s part of a national five-day strike by close to 45,000 workers over wages and other contract disputes at Kaiser hospitals and clinics in Oregon, Washington, California and Hawaii.

Those on strike make up a significant share of Kaiser’s workforce in the Pacific Northwest. They include nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, psychologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, nurse midwives and lab professionals, among others.

Kaiser Permanente spokesperson Debbie Karman said its hospitals, medical and dental offices and pharmacies in Oregon and Southwest Washington will remain open during the strike, with support from mana

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