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Kaiser Permanente Faces Multi-State Walkouts Starting Oct. 14

Unions cite pay, benefits, safe-staffing demands after 10-day strike notices followed contract expirations.

Trisha Garcia stands outside Kaiser Permanente in Riverside as she pickets alongside nurses and hospital staff with the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. Contract negotiations are heating up ahead of the national labor agreement’s expiration at the end of September. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
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Overview

  • More than 31,000 UNAC/UHCP nurses and health professionals in California notified Kaiser that they will strike beginning Oct. 14.
  • In Hawaiʻi, UNITE HERE Local 5 and Hawaiʻi Nurses and Healthcare Professionals said over 2,000 workers will walk out Oct. 14–19.
  • In Oregon and Southwest Washington, the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals announced a strike of nearly 4,000 caregivers starting Oct. 14 for up to five days unless a tentative agreement is reached.
  • Union leaders point to higher wages, stronger benefits and hiring to address staffing shortages, with safe-staffing ratios cited as a core demand.
  • Many local contracts expired Sept. 30 or Oct. 1 after months of bargaining, and Kaiser says it is negotiating in good faith while highlighting competitive pay and benefits.