The Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center on Broadway in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (Kiley Russell/Bay City News)

Hundreds of Kaiser Permanente nurse midwives and registered nurse anesthetists at more than 20 Northern California hospitals are planning a one-day strike over staffing levels and other contract issues next month. 

The 24-hour strike is scheduled to start at 7 a.m. on Sept. 8, according to officials with the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.