The Latest Breaking News from Kaiser

A healthcare staffing crisis that existed before the pandemic has only worsened

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers began a three-day strike in Virginia, California, Colorado, Washington state, Oregon and Washington, D.C., on Oct. 4, 2023, after company executives and eight unions representing aides, techs, support staff and other employees failed to agree on the terms of new contracts. This…

The Kaiser strike is expected to span three days, as healthcare workers join picket lines across the country to protest staffing shortages

Tami Chew is on the picket line after working for Kaiser for 17 years and noticing a ‘deteriorating’ partnership between the coalition and the hospital system

Kaiser serves nearly 13 million patients, who will remain a ‘top priority’ as the strike unfolds, the hospital system said

The Kaiser strike is expected to span three days, as healthcare workers join picket lines across the country to protest staffing shortages

Kaiser Permanente workers start three-day strike, demanding wage increases and better staffing, after union contracts expire

‘No agreement can be made until Kaiser executives stop bargaining in bad faith and committing unfair labor practices,’ said the executive director of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions

In the largest health care strike in U.S. history, over 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente hospitals and medical facilities across the U.S. walked off the job on Wednesday morning.

Picketing has begun at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as some 75,000 workers who say understaffing is hurting patient care go on strike in five states and the District of Columbia

Once known for strong employee-management relations, its workers now say staffing and pay need to rise to attract and retain the staff Kaiser needs.