Overview
- Kaiser said operations returned to normal Sunday after the walkout ended at 7 a.m., crediting physicians, managers and nearly 6,000 contracted clinicians for maintaining care.
- Roughly 30,000 to 31,000 nurses and allied health professionals struck across more than 500 facilities in California, Hawaii and Oregon.
- Bargaining is scheduled to restart regionally on Oct. 22–23 and at the national table on Oct. 28–29, with Kaiser emphasizing wages as the central issue.
- Unions seek enforceable staffing protections and a 25% raise over four years, while Kaiser has offered 21.5% over four years along with benefit enhancements.
- The Joint Commission issued new staffing standards during the strike that unions say elevate staffing to a patient-safety requirement; some appointments were canceled during the walkout, and no new strikes have been announced.