Law enforcement officers were seen responding to a protest outside Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center in the East Hollywood area, led by a union which has accused the company of unfair labor conditions.

Mental health workers in Los Angeles staged a mass protest Friday outside Kaiser Permanente's Los Angeles Medical Center, risking arrest to highlight the ongoing strike over inadequate resources and patient care.

Kaiser’s public comments about the negotiations have been strident and consistent. The health giant’s most recent update, emailed to Capital & Main by a spokesperson, reiterated long-established talking points that the union is exacerbating the problem by not accepting Kaiser’s terms.

Therapists and union reps accuse the HMO giant of saddling workers with excessive caseloads while forcing patients to wait twice as long for care.