https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/14/kaiser-mental-health-workers-in-bay-area-northern-california-plan-to-go-on-strike-monday-morning/ > About 2,000 Kaiser Permanente mental health workers across the Bay Area and California’s Central Valley plan to go on strike Monday, demanding the health care provider boost staffing to curtail burdensome wait times for patients seeking appointments. > Therapists and counselors plan to picket in San Jose, San Francisco, Sacramento and Fresno on Monday and continue in other Bay Area cities until a deal is reached, according to a statement by the National Union of Healthcare Workers. The move includes most mental health workers in Kaiser’s Northern California system, except for psychiatrists.