MASSIVE KAISER STRIKE ENTERS THIRD WEEK

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2026

CONTACT: press@unacuhcp.org

**Strike photos and videos here, courtesy of UNAC/UHCP**

MASSIVE KAISER STRIKE ENTERS THIRD WEEK

3,000+ pharmacy and laboratory workers at Kaiser join nurses as the health care giant continues stalling, deception, and unfair labor practices

Picketing resumes across California today

LOS ANGELES — While Kaiser Permanente continues to shift attention away from staffing shortages and patient care, caregivers and allied health professionals across California and Hawaii are staying united and focused on what matters most: investing in safe, timely, and high-quality patient care.

As United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP)’s Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike enters its third week, caregivers are continuing to take their message directly to the public — on picket lines and in their communities — standing in solidarity with union siblings from the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW).

 

More than 3,000 UFCW-represented pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants, and clinical laboratory professionals — also members of the Alliance of Health Care Unions, and all essential to safe patient care — are set to walk out in their own ULP strike today at Kaiser facilities throughout Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, and Kern counties. Frontline workers will begin picketing at 7:00 a.m. sharp.

 

When pharmacies and laboratories are short-staffed, patients feel the impact immediately: delayed medications, delayed test results, and delayed clinical decisions — all of which can compromise care.

 

UNAC/UHCP members are joining UFCW Locals 135, 324, 770, 1167, 1428, and 1442 to send a clear and unified message: Kaiser must stop playing games with staffing and patient care and bargain in good faith for contracts that protect both patients and caregivers.

Kaiser Permanente has repeatedly promoted divisive talking points about caregiver wages and patient affordability. The facts tell a different story:

 

• $67+ billion in Kaiser reserves
• $12.9 billion in net income in 2024
• $115.8 billion in operating revenue in 2024
• At least 13,807 staffing objections filed in just two years

 

At the same time, Kaiser executive compensation remains in the millions, while health plan members face rising premiums, higher out-of-pocket costs, longer wait times, and less time with their caregivers.

 

Kaiser’s recent misguided statement diverts attention from the real issue: Kaiser’s refusal to fix chronic staffing shortages, unsafe workloads, and care delays that existed long before this strike. UNAC/UHCP does not fine members for returning to work during the strike. This claim is false. Our union has not threatened, intimidated, or retaliated against caregivers. Suggesting otherwise is inaccurate and designed to create fear and confusion rather than address the conditions that forced caregivers to take this lawful action.

 

This strike is legal, necessary, and focused on patient care. After more than eight months of bargaining, Kaiser continues to stall while frontline caregivers face daily understaffing, burnout, and delayed care for patients. Instead of engaging meaningfully, Kaiser is attempting to undermine a democratically authorized strike and distract from its own responsibility to ensure safe staffing and timely care.

 

Kaiser’s claim that investing in caregivers is “unsustainable” does not hold up. It has the resources to fix these problems and chooses not to. Chronic understaffing is what truly drives up costs and harms patients.

 

This strike can end at any time: Kaiser simply needs to return to the table with real solutions that put patient care first.

 

Caregivers and allied health professionals are united in calling on Kaiser Permanente to do better for patients, for communities, and for the workers who make safe care possible every day.

WHAT: 31,000 nurses and health care workers represented by UNAC/UHCP on strike at Kaiser Permanente

WHEN: Monday, February 9, 2026, picketing from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. PT; strike will continue until an agreement is reached

WHO: UNAC/UHCP members, including registered nurses, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, midwives, physician assistants, rehab therapists, dietitians, and other frontline health care professionals 

**INTERVIEWS AVAILABLE: nurses and health care workers can give live or taped interviews on the strike lines, including in Spanish.**

For additional press information, please visit: unacuhcp.org/presscenter

PICKETING LOCATIONS (MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.):

 

Northern California (9 a.m. – 1 p.m.):

• Roseville Medical Center, 1600 Eureka Rd, Roseville, CA 95661 

Central/Bakersfield

• Kaiser Stockdale Medical Offices, 3501 Stockdale Hwy, Bakersfield, CA 93309
• Lancaster Medical Office Building, 43112 15th St. West, Lancaster, CA 93534 

Los Angeles

• • Anaheim Medical Center, 3440 E La Palma Ave, Anaheim, CA 92806
  • Irvine Medical Center, 6640 Alton Pkwy, Irvine, CA 92618
  • Downey Medical Center, 9333 Imperial Hwy, Downey, CA 90242
  • Baldwin Park Medical Center, 1011 Baldwin Park Blvd, Baldwin Park, CA 91706

• Woodland Hills Medical Center, 5601 De Soto Ave, Woodland Hills, CA 91367

• Los Angeles Medical Center, 4867 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027 

• ULP Strike Solidarity Action with the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor at 10 a.m.

• Onsite contact: Anjetta Thackeray, 909-455-5146

• • South Bay Medical Center, 25825 Vermont Ave, Harbor City, CA 90710
  • West Los Angeles Medical Center, 6041 Cadillac Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90034

• Panorama City Medical Center, 13651 Willard St., Panorama City, CA 91402

Riverside/San Bernardino

• • Riverside Medical Center, 10800 Magnolia Ave, Riverside, CA 92505
  • Ontario Medical Center, 2295 S Vineyard Ave, Ontario, CA 91761 

• Fontana Medical Center, 9961 Sierra Ave., Fontana, CA 92335

• Labor Solidarity Action with Inland Empire unions at 11 a.m.

San Diego

• San Diego Medical Center, 9455 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego, CA 92123

• United for Care Solidarity Picket with UFCW workers at 11 a.m.

• Onsite contact: Jeff Rogers, 909-263-7230

All picket locations are listed at unacuhcp.org/ready.

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United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) represents more than 40,000 registered nurses and healthcare professionals in California and Hawaii, including optometrists; pharmacists; physical, occupational and speech therapists; case managers; nurse midwives; social workers; clinical lab scientists; physician assistants and nurse practitioners; hospital support and technical staff. UNAC/UHCP is affiliated with the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees (NUHHCE) and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), AFL-CIO.