Overview
- Roughly 30,000 to 31,000 Alliance members are in a planned five-day strike across California, Oregon and Hawaii, now at Day 3.
- UFCW locals representing about 3,000 pharmacists and technicians in Southern California voted to authorize a strike, with no date set.
- The Alliance seeks a 25% wage increase over four years while Kaiser has offered 21.5% and says Alliance employees already earn above market.
- Kaiser says hospitals and clinics remain open by rescheduling elective care, shifting some visits to telehealth, onboarding 7,000-plus contingent staff and reassigning over 1,000 employees.
- Union leaders cite staffing shortages and patient safety as core issues and allege unfair labor practices, which Kaiser disputes in public statements.