Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers plan to walk out for a five-day strike Monday amidst stalled contract talks and reciprocal allegations of unfair negotiating tactics.

The strike involves 31,000 nurses and other workers at two dozen or so hospitals and clinics in California and Hawaii who are represented by the United Nurses Association of California and the Union of Health Care Professionals.

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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.