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Kaiser Permanente Unions Set Oct. 14 Walkouts Lasting Up to Five Days

Workers cite unsafe staffing with pay disparities as threats to patient care.

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

  • UNAC/UHCP delivered a 10-day notice for a strike involving about 31,000 nurses and health professionals at more than two dozen facilities in California and Hawaii, which the union says would be its largest action against Kaiser.
  • Nearly 4,000 Kaiser workers represented by the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals plan a strike starting Oct. 14 for up to five days at Sunnyside and Westside medical centers and clinics across Oregon and southwest Washington.
  • Hawaiʻi unions UNITE HERE Local 5 and Hawaiʻi Nurses and Healthcare Professionals announced a five-day strike from Oct. 14 at 6:30 a.m. to Oct. 19 at 7 a.m., saying over 2,000 employees will participate.
  • Union demands center on wage increases, safe staffing and retention, with Hawaiʻi workers pointing to pay that they say trails mainland counterparts by as much as 30 percent.
  • Contracts for tens of thousands of Kaiser workers expired Sept. 30 or Oct. 1 and nearly all affected locals issued 10-day notices, while Kaiser cites collaborative bargaining, competitive pay and high retention in its public statements.