Why thousands of California mental health workers are striking

Picket lines went up outside Kaiser facilities in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties. More than 2,400 Kaiser Permanente psychologists, therapists, social workers, and other mental health workers in Southern California began an open-ended strike Monday over increased workloads and staffing shortages that their union said have created a “substandard” system of care.The National Union of Healthcare Workers, which represents the employees, is negotiating a new...