31,000 Kaiser Nurses Plan to Strike Across California and Hawaii, From SF to San Diego

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Nurse.org

Written By: Angelina Walker
Published January 16, 2026

More than 31,000 frontline nurses and health care professionals at Kaiser Permanente have issued a 10-day notice of intent to strike, according to a Press Release obtained by Nurse.org. The notice is setting the stage for a possible Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike beginning Monday, January 26.

The notice was delivered by the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP), which represents Kaiser employees across California and Hawaii. If the strike proceeds, picket lines are expected at nearly 20 Kaiser hospitals and more than 200 clinics, stretching from Los Angeles to San Diego, Oakland to Honolulu.

Who Is Involved
UNAC/UHCP represents a wide range of licensed and specialized health care professionals, including registered nurses, nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, pharmacists, physician assistants, midwives, therapists, dietitians, and speech-language pathologists.

The union is part of the Alliance of Health Care Unions, a coalition that negotiates a national contract on behalf of 23 local unions covering Kaiser facilities from Hawaii to Washington, D.C.

Read more: https://nurse.org/news/kaiser-strike-california-hawaii/

[hueymahl]

1. We can't get rid of insurance companies soon enough

Evil to the core.

[Nigrum Cattus]

2. this happens constantly

here in Cali, kaiser is being struck by it's workers
all the time. They have no respect for their employees.