LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- About 4,000 mental health employees plan to strike at Kaiser Permanente facilities across the state starting Monday.
The planned strike is supposed to happen all week long, ending on Friday.
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Workers say they hope to force the company to address understaffing problems that force patients to wait a month or longer for appointments.
In a statement, Kaiser says the union's demands would reduce, not increase the availability of mental health care for its patients.
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And it says all Kaiser hospitals and medical offices will be open - though some non-urgent services will be postponed.