Overview

• California Nurses Association/National Nurses United organized informational pickets involving nearly 25,000 represented nurses across the Kaiser system.
• Pickets occurred Tuesday at 22 sites statewide, including Los Angeles and Sacramento-area hospitals where demonstrations ran from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.
• Union leaders cited recent staffing cuts, alleged wage theft and the rollout of untested technologies as risks to patient safety and nurse working conditions.
• Kaiser said it meets or exceeds staffing regulations, operations continued as normal, and it is not in contract bargaining with CNA following a four-year deal reached in 2022.
• Kaiser stated that AI tools do not make medical decisions and only support clinicians, while the union says technology should not replace hands-on nursing care and expects negotiations next year.