The five-day strike by Kaiser Permanente health care workers came to an end on Sunday without a new deal in place, although both sides have an agreement in place to resume bargaining this week.

The backstory: Around 31,000 nurses and other healthcare workers went on strike last week across California, Hawaii and Oregon to demand higher pay and better staffing. • The strike covered 500 medical centers in the three states and was the largest in the history of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP). • UNAC/UHCP represents around 2,800 healthcare workers in the Northern California region, which includes Fresno.

What they want: The healthcare workers are asking for a 25% increase in pay over four years, a raise that they say would make

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