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31,000 Kaiser Permanente Caregivers To Strike for Five Days Starting Tuesday

Kaiser says facilities will stay open under contingency plans during ongoing bargaining.

Kaiser Permanente in Oakland.  On Monday, the company called a planned five-day strike “unnecessary and disruptive” as tens of thousands of nurses and health workers prepare to walk out.
Health care workers demonstrate outside Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center on Geary Boulevard on October 4, 2023 in San Francisco.  On Monday, the company called a planned five-day strike “unnecessary and disruptive” as tens of thousands of nurses and health workers prepare to walk out.
Mental health care workers icket outside of the Kaiser Permanente facility in Oakland on Aug. 16, 2022 over workload issues. On Monday, Kaiser Permanente called a planned five-day strike “unnecessary and disruptive” as tens of thousands of nurses and health workers prepare to walk out.
Kaiser workers strike at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (File photo: Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

Overview

  • UNAC/UHCP confirmed a walkout from 7 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, to 7 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, marking the union’s largest strike to date.
  • The action targets dozens of hospitals and clinics in California and Hawaii, and OFNHP says nearly 4,000 members in Oregon and Southwest Washington will strike on the same dates.
  • Picketing in Northern California is planned at Oakland, Roseville and Santa Clara medical centers, with San Diego lines scheduled at Zion, San Diego and San Marcos medical centers.
  • Kaiser reports hospitals and medical offices will remain open, though some non‑urgent appointments and elective surgeries may be rescheduled and some pharmacies may close, with delivery options available.
  • Unions cite staffing and pay as core issues; Kaiser counters that Alliance-represented workers earn about 16% above market and says its latest proposal includes 21.5% raises over four years after months of talks and 52 tentative agreements, as recent WARN filings show roughly 215 layoffs in California.