More than 31,000 nurses, health care workers strike at Kaiser Permanente, arguing for safe staffing levels, fair wages

31,000 Kaiser Nurses Strike as Their Union Says Employer Puts 'Profit Over Patients'

The head of the striking nurses' union says Kaiser Permanente would "rather protect an enormous financial cushion than protect patients and the people who care for them."

Kaiser nurses embark on indefinite strike

Kaiser nurses statewide began an indefinite strike Monday, restarting picket lines that went idle after a five-day work stoppage in October 2025. Given that union members do not get paid if they do not work their shifts, such an open-ended walk-off is rare. And it is not like Kaiser Permanente is refusing to pay nurses more. The health care juggernaut has said repeatedly in statements that it has offered raises that would adjust pay upward by a …

Kaiser workers strike again in Bay Area

For the third time in nearly as many months, thousands of Kaiser Permanente employees are on strike in the Bay Area — this time with no end in sight to the work stoppage at California’s largest health provider. About 2,800 Kaiser nurse anesthetists, occupational, speech and physical therapists, and other professionals walked off the job at 7 a.m. Monday in Northern California. In the Bay Area, hundreds of workers flocked to picket lines at Kaise…

Kaiser workers strike again in Bay Area, with no end in sight

For the third time in nearly as many months, thousands of Kaiser Permanente professionals are on strike in the Bay Area — this time with no end in sight to the work stoppage at California’s largest health provider. About 2,800 Kaiser nurse anesthetists, occupational, speech and physical therapists, and other professionals walked off the job at 7 a.m. Monday in Northern California. In the Bay Area, hundreds of workers flocked to picket lines at K…

Thousands of Kaiser employees are on strike

Thousands of Kaiser employees are on strike The open-ended strike was called by the United Nurses Associations of California, which represents about 31,000 employees. They have accused Kaiser Permanente of squeezing patient care and staffing — a claim the system denies.

Kaiser Nurses and Health Care Workers Strike in California and Hawaii

Kaiser Permanente nurses and health care workers began a strike on Jan. 26 across California and Hawaii, while bargaining is ongoing. The strike involves 31,000 nurses and health care professionals, according to the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP), a part of the Alliance of Health Care Unions. “Historic strike over Kaiser’s unfair labor practices will span dozens of hospitals, hundreds of c…