SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A deliberate five-day strike by 1000’s of registered nurses and different Kaiser Permanente well being care staff in California, Hawaii and Oregon ended on Sunday, union leaders and the well being care system stated.
Kaiser Permanente stated it welcomed again about 30,000 workers who participated within the strike, which started Tuesday and ended Sunday morning. Its assertion stated its amenities had been “staffed by physicians, experienced managers and trained staff, along with nearly 6,000 contracted nurses, clinicians and others who worked with us during the strike.”
Plans name for bargaining to renew this week, with a concentrate on “economic issues,” the assertion stated. Whereas unions additionally raised staffing and different issues, “wages are the reason for the strike and the primary issue in negotiations,” the assertion stated.
The United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Well being Care Professionals, which represents registered nurses, pharmacists, nurse midwives and different well being care professionals in California and Hawaii, stated in an announcement that greater than 500 hospitals and clinics had been impacted by the strike. It stated the strike despatched a message that “patient care and safe staffing must come first.”
It introduced plans to renew bargaining later this month.
Sarina Roher, president of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Well being Professionals, in an announcement stated Kaiser Permanente “cannot fix its staffing and access crisis without competitive wages that retain and recruit the skilled professionals our patients depend on.”
Kaiser Permanente is without doubt one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit well being plans, serving 12.6 million members at 600 medical places of work and 40 hospitals, largely in western U.S. states.
Initially Revealed: October 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM PDT
