Kaiser Permanente Healthcare Workers Launch Major Strike for Better Wages and Staffing
TL;DR
Approximately 31,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers, including nurses, went on a five-day strike across California, Hawaii, and Oregon demanding a 25% wage increase over four years and better staffing, citing wages lagging behind inflation and peer benchmarks; Kaiser offers a 21.5% increase, and essential services remain operational with some adjustments.
- 31,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and other health care workers strike for better wages and staffing AP News
- Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers launch five-day strike Los Angeles Times
- Kaiser nurses, health care workers on picket line as 5-day strike kicks off ABC7 Los Angeles
- Our statement on the Alliance of Health Care Unions’ strike Kaiser Permanente
- Healthcare showdown week: Sharp workers to picket, Kaiser workers to strike ABC 10News San Diego
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