Initially, mental health employees represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers intended to strike in mid-November. However, workers decided to postpone their strike until mid-December following the death of Kaiser’s chief executive, Bernard Tyson. Kaiser mental health workers are ready to engage in collective activity in order to combat long wait times for appointments, and unreasonable caseloads. The firm refuses to negotiate with the union in order to prevent the strike unless workers agree to lower benefits.
See "Kaiser Workers Reschedule Strike for mid-December", Amy Stulick, San Fernando Valley Business Journal, December 5, 2019