US EditionMore than 31,000 nurses, health care workers strike at Kaiser Permanente, arguing for safe staffing levels, fair wages
The strike aims to secure safe staffing, fair wages, and address alleged unfair labor practices as negotiations stall after months, involving over 31,000 health care workers.
- More than 31,000 nurses and health care workers are on strike at Kaiser Permanente for safe staffing levels and fair wages.
- The United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals initiated the strike at 7 a.m.
- The union has filed an unfair labor practice charge against Kaiser with the National Labor Relations Board.
- Kaiser offers a 21.5% wage increase over four years, along with other enhanced benefits.
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A protest by more than 31,000 health workers reopened the debate about salaries, lack of staff and working conditions in hospitals and clinics in California.
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Another strike sends 31,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers to picket lines
An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers launched an open-ended strike this week in California and Hawaii to demand better wages and staffing.
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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 …
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