Thousands of employees at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital took to the picket lines for a 24-hour strike over ongoing contract negotiations that have come to an impasse.

Wednesday’s strike, which union leaders say was the largest in the hospital’s history, was authorized by the roughly 1,200 members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) and involves three separate contracts that all expired last year.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.