As Kaiser Workers Strike, ‘Not-for-Profit’ Is Sitting on $67 Billion

As Kaiser Workers Strike, “Not-For-Profit” Is Sitting on $67 Billion

Published in partnership with The American Prospect. 45,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente -– ranging from nurses to therapists to pharmacists -– are on strike across the West Coast and Hawai’i, in the country’s largest labor action of 2025, and the largest strike in the US since the October 2024 longshore workers strike. The five-day limited duration strike comes as workers continue to face major short staffing and wage increases that have lagged…

As Kaiser Workers Strike, ‘Not-for-Profit’ Is Sitting on $67 Billion

Kaiser has doubled down on hedge funds, outside staffing firms, and high executive compensation as workers lag behind.