Unionized staff members at Hospice East Bay pose during a union action in May 2025 at the facility in Pleasant Hill, Calif. About 80 members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers threatened on Friday, July 25, 2025 to strike the following week amid complaints of untenable case loads and a lack of progress on a contract after 18 months of negotiations. (Photo courtesy of National Union of Healthcare Workers via Bay City News)

Hospice East Bay workers say they will strike Tuesday to protest spiking caseloads. 

Nearly 80 nurses, social workers, chaplains and bereavement counselors at Hospice East Bay joined the National Union of Healthcare Workers in 2023. The group said they’re still seeking their first contract after about 18 months of negotiations.  

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