Thousands of Northern California Kaiser Permanente mental health workers staged a one-day strike Wednesday over concerns about the hospital giant’s use of artificial intelligence, among other things.

Some 2,400 Kaiser Permanente therapists, psychologists, social workers and chemical dependency counselors represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers have been in contract talks since last summer.

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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.