Bay Area Kaiser workers among 31,000 set to strike Monday across California, Hawaii

by Thomas Hughes, Bay City News January 26, 2026January 26, 2026

FILE: Northern California Kaiser Permanente nurses hold a strike outside Kaiser Permanente’s Oakland Medical Center in Oakland, Calif., on Sept. 8, 2025. About 31,000 unionized health care workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities across California and Hawaii are set to begin an open-ended strike Monday over wages and staffing concerns. (Kiley Russell/Bay City News)

Kaiser Permanente said in a statement that negotiations resumed Sunday with unionized nurses and other workers who are planning an open-ended strike starting Monday at dozens of locations in California and Hawaii.

A total of 31,000 employees represented by the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) will take part in the work stoppage, which will include picketing at several Kaiser locations, including some in Northern California and the Bay Area.

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