Strike
UNAC/UHCP Announces Locations for Kaiser Strike
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LOS ANGELES, CA – Tens of thousands of frontline Kaiser Permanente registered nurses and health care professionals across California and Hawaii with the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) will go on strike Tuesday to protect the future of patient care.
The strike will begin at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, and end at 7 a.m. on Sunday, October 19, 2025.
Workers are going on strike after Kaiser executives have refused for months of negotiations to settle a fair contract that includes safe staffing, equitable pay and benefits, and a voice for frontline caregivers.
This will be the largest strike in UNAC/UHCP’s history. UNAC/UHCP is a member union of the Alliance of Health Care Unions, many of which have delivered strike notices. Up to 46,000 Kaiser employees could join strike lines in California, Hawaii, and Oregon.
Who: 31,000 UNAC/UHCP members strike at Kaiser Permanente, including registered nurses, pharmacists, nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, midwives, physician assistants, rehab therapists, speech language pathologists, dietitians, and other specialty health care professionals.
What: Five-day strike on behalf of safe staffing, fair compensation, and respect for caregivers at 500+ Kaiser facilities in CA and HI
When: Tuesday, October 14 at 7:00 a.m. local time in California and Hawaii (strike begins)
Where: Key California and Hawaii picket locations from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time (See details below)
TUESDAY 10/14 SCHEDULE
Southern California
LOS ANGELES
- Kaiser South Bay Medical Center, 25825 Vermont Ave., Harbor City, CA 90710 (7 a.m.: nurses and health care professionals walk out of hospital together with UNAC/UHCP President Charmaine S. Morales, RN, who started her Kaiser career there)
- Kaiser Woodland Hills Medical Center, 5601 De Soto Ave., Woodland Hills, CA 91367 (7 a.m.: nurses and health care professionals walk out of hospital together with UNAC/UHCP Executive Vice President Peter Sidhu, RN, who worked in the ICU there)
- Kaiser Riverside Medical Center, 10800 Magnolia Ave., Riverside, CA 92505 (7 a.m.: nurses and health care professionals walk out of hospital together with UNAC/UHCP Executive Secretary Elizabeth Hawkins, RN, who was an ER nurse at Riverside for 31 years)
- Kaiser Baldwin Park Medical Center, 5601 De Soto Ave, Woodland Hills, CA 91367(7 a.m.: nurses and health care professionals walk out of hospital together with UNAC/UHCP Executive Treasurer Moises Alarcon, RN, who worked in the ER at Baldwin Park)
- Kaiser Downey Medical Center, 9333 Imperial Hwy, Downey, CA (3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m., AFSCME President Lee Saunders greets strikers at one of Kaiser’s busiest hospitals. UNAC/UHCP is a local affiliate of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees)
NOTE: UNAC/UHCP members plan to be active the entire week on the following strike lines.
