healthy stored shows us what the front runner said at a forum hosted by the national union of healthcareorkers. >> reporter: with an endorsement on the line, representatives bob lee, katie porter and adam schiff took to the stage in los angeles sunday morning, answering questions from reporters and audience members for more than 90 minutes. all in hopes of winning the support of healthcare workers in the race for california's open senate seat. the top three democratic candidates in the race discussed a variety of topics from their thoughts on healthcare policy, striking workers, student debt and affordable housing. one question zeroed in on the issue of mental health and california's newly created care courts. all three candidates were asked their opinion on the new courts and if they should be replicated on the federal level. >> i believe it is appropriate for families and loved ones and mental healthcare workers to have the ability to go through a . i want to see the strongest civil rights protections possible . >> i think we ought to allow the care court experiment to play out before

. >> frontrunners hosted by the national union of healthcare workers, making their pitch to union members. kelsey sword has the details. >> reporter: with an endorsement on the line, representatives of barbara lee, katie porter, and adam schefter to the stage in los angeles sunday morning, answering questions from reporters and audience members for more than 90 minutes, all in the hopes of winning the support of healthcare workers in the race for california's open senate seat. the top three democratic candidates in the race discussed a variety of topics, from their thoughts on healthcare policy, striking workers, student debt, and affordable housing. one question zeroed in on the issue of mental health and california's newly created care courts. all three candidates were asked their opinion on the new courts, and if they should be replicated on the federal level. >> i believe it is appropriate for families and loved ones, and mental health care workers to have the ability to go to a court, but i want to see the strongest civil rights protections possible. >> i think that we ought to allow

they took part in a forum hosted by the national union of healthcare workers. >> kelsi thorud has the details on their pitches to union members. >> reporter: with an endorsement on the line, they took to the stage in los angeles on sunday morning, answering questions from the reporters and the audience members for more than 90 minutes. all in the hopes of winning the support for healthcare workers in their race for the open senate seat. the top three democratic candidates in the race discussed a variety of topics from their thoughts on the healthcare policy, striking workers, student debt, and affordable housing. one question zeroed in on the issue of mental health. all three candidates were asked their opinion on the new courts. if they should be replicated on the federal level. >> i believe it is appropriate for families and loved ones and mental healthcare workers to have that ability to go to a court, but i want to see the strongest civil rights protections possible. >> i think that we ought to allow the experiment to play out before we agree on the national level to replicate it.

. >> the forum was during the national union of healthcare workers' annual leadership conference. will vote in coming days on which candidate they will endorse in the race. during closing statements all three candidates did their best to pitch why they should be the best. >> i am going to fight to get the profit motive out of this insurance industry. healthcare should not be an industry. it should be a basic human right. >> i stepped into the middle of the ring and impeached donald trump and i will take on any s.o.b. that gets in the way of working families. >> that's my promise to you, to challenge the conventional wisdom, to go against the grain, to speak truth to power, to call out corporations, to fight like an nuhw member. >> nuhw is expected to announce the candidate it will endorse later this week. >> the union said they invited senator laphonza butler who was just appointed after senator feinstein's death but she did in the attend. voters will have your voices heard march 5 for the california primary. >>> let's talk about weather. politics heats up and that's what you do a

. >> the forum was hosted during the national union of healthcare workers annual leadership conference. members will vote in the coming dares on which candidate they will endorse in the race. during closing statements, all three candidates did their best to pitch why they should be the one healthcare workers should back. >> i am going to fight to get the profit motive out of this insurance industry. healthcare should not be an industry. it should be a basic human right. >> i stepped into the middle of the ring and impeached donald trump and i will take on any s.o.b. that gets in the way of working families. >> that's my promise to you, to challenge the conventional wisdom, to go against the rain, to speak truth to power, to call out corporations, to fight like an nuhw member. >> nuhw is expected to announce the candidate it will endorse later this week. >>> so the union said it invited senator butler who was appointed and butler did not attend. voters you will have your choice to make your voice heard march 5 for the california primary. fashion naturing to see these talking points pop

this would mark the nation's largest ever healthcare strike, involving eight unions, representing 75,000 workers, 65,000 ofased, ranging from lab techs, x-ray techs, vocational nurses, home therapists and other support staff, amounting to about 40% of kaiser's national workforce. key issues include wages, staffing, and subcontracting of jobs. now, kaiser tells cnbc that talks are ongoing, even as this strike deadline looms. it offered pay increases of 12.5% to 16% over four years, minimum $21 an hour in most locations, $23 in southern california. and that the hospital has hired 50,000 workers over the last two years to try to boost staffing, which is one of the issues here. today's walkout, if it happens would mark the seventh healthcare industry strike this year. the sector accounts for one-third of major union walkouts according to the bureau of labor statistics. it may not be the last one. 4,000 tenet healthcare workers at 11 facilities in california represented by the same union coalition as kaiser authorized a strike if a deal in their case is not reached by october 19th. a lot of labor unrest within

nation's history. medical support staff, cleaners, technicians, and pharmacists, working for kaiser permanente are on strike after the non—profit healthcare giant and unions failed to reach an agreement after months ofing shortages. demonstrations are happening across the country form california to right here, in washington, dc. the kaiser permanente strike is one of several labour strikes we've seen in the us in recent months. other high—profile demonstrations have been led by the united auto workers and the actors�* union. the us bureau of labour statistics reports that more than 300,000 workers went on strike through august this year alone. earlier, i spoke to the executive director of the coalition of kaiser permanente unions, caroline lucas, about the strikes happening across the country. thank you for taking the time at a busy man, i can imagine. so, in a statement today, kaiser permanente said it had already agreed to a minimum wage increase of $25 an hour in california, 23 elsewhere, that they are agressively hiring new staff. what's your response to what they put on the table? thank you so much for having me at this pivotal moment. we do acknowledge kaiser permanente has made a commitment t

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finally this the largest healthcare strike in our nations history expected to happen today, more than 75000 workers with a coalition of kaiser permanente unionshe job. a spokesperson for the union saying kaiser continues to bargain in bad faith over the issues and so far no light at the end of the tunnel. all eyes are on us to prepare for the largest healthcare workers strike in history. the company responding every healthcare provider in the nation has been facing staffing shortages and fighting burnout. were all struggling to catch up with care that was delayed in fewer people to help carry the work forward, three-day strike expected to go through saturday 6:00 a.m. to be clear a contingency plan in place for the hospitals, in particular. to make sure no patient suffered through the three-day strike. maria: that is important obviously. but the strikes are not sto stopping. how many strikes are we talking about in the last couple weeks the united auto workers, the service people in las vegas. >> that has not started yet but they're threatening. maria: now the threats from the healthcare worker. >> sag aftra. >> all of this is billions of dol

nation's history. medical support staff, cleaners, technicians and pharmacists working for kaiser permanente are on strike after the non—profit healthcare giant and unions failed to reach an agreement after months oftefanie, i am assured. we had a problem with the technology, with is a bit of a theme for this conversation. good morning to you. i don't know if you have managed to see the deepfake of me in the studio, seemly promoting a promoting a product which is put forward by elon musk again. for him, it is a deepfake as well. it is quite scary what is going on, isn't it? yeah, you're not the first, and you're not going to be the last, unfortunately. there's nothing to stop this happening. there's no regulation to really hold anybody to account. i'm not sure who you would get if you wanted to sue, for example. we went on facebook and said they need to take it down, that it is fake, and met done that since. however, there are plenty more deepfake videos out there pointing viewers to scams. and the worry is people are actually parting with their own money because they believe they're genuine. and this is they're genuine. and this is the worry — how do people tell between what is real and what is n

the union expanding its walkout against two of the nation's big three car companies. this morning a larger strike is looming now in the healthcare industry jesse kirsch is covering both stories for us where does it stand now between the uaw and the big three automakers >> yeah, good morning. right now the stalemate continues. you can still see out in front of this stellantis factory, we have picketers out here. horns honking this morning and they even have a fire going because it was chillier out last night. but the jeepmaker, stellantis, avoided further strike targeting on friday, saying that the compan made progress at the last minute stellantis said there are still gaps to work through gm and ford were both hit with expanded strikes on friday for ford, that was in stark happened from what had happened just a week earlier from that company when it had averted getting hit with further striking motions the union's president saying he believes he ford went backward in bargaining. ford's ceo says he believes the union at this point is largely holding up a deal over electric vehicle battery plants you remember that evs and the unio

unions are strong, our nation is strong. coming up after the break, some healthcare workers in california. about to get big pay raise. thanks to a new law. at cretors, we handcraft every batch ofus popcorn. like our cretors cheese and caramel mix. great on their own, even better together. try cretors, handcrafted small-batch popcorn. >> for your money this morning, a reminder state taxpayers have just a few days left to file their taxes. the deadline is monday. the state filing deadline was extended earlier this year for those affected by the winter storms, all 9 bay area counties were included in the extension. once again. the deadline is this coming monday. governor gavin newsom signed a bill raising the minimum wage pay for minimum care or excuse me for health care workers. the bill sets the wages to $23 an hour. large health facilities that climbs to $25 by 2026. workers at community clinics will see an increase up to twenty-one dollars by 2024. with wages expected to be up to $25 an hour by 2027. this according to the california healthcare foundation. president biden awarded 7 billion dollars to kick start hydrogen fuel production nationwide, including here in california.