More than 45,000 Kaiser Permanente workers strike in 4 states
10/15/25 at 02:00 AM
More than 45,000 Kaiser Permanente workers strike in 4 states
Modern Healthcare; by Hayley DeSilva; 10/14/25
An estimated 46,000 Kaiser Permanente staff members began a five-day strike Tuesday across multiple states over staffing, pay and benefit concerns. Employees on strike include registered nurses, lab professionals, pharmacists and other skilled healthcare workers from 23 different unions, a spokesperson for Kaiser Permanente said. The unions are part of the Alliance of Health Care Unions, which represents an estimated 62,000 Kaiser employees. ... "[They] are demanding significantly higher increases than our 21.5% offer,“ the Kaiser spokesperson said.