This article is reprinted from the Speak Out Now healthcare newsletter at Kaiser and Highland Hospitals in Oakland, CA.
On Tuesday, September 23rd, there was an informational picket at Kaiser Oakland hosted by CNA. Similar actions were taken that day at different facilities across California, such as Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, and San Leandro.
This was a way for nurses to speak out against the planned layoffs of 41 nurses at Kaiser’s facility in San Rafael and against the introduction of AI tools by management, which nurses fear could negatively affect staffing and patient care.
In addition to this, workers in the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP), which represents many Kaiser workers throughout California and Hawaii, voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike when their contract expires on October 1, 2025. They are demanding safe staffing and fair pay while Kaiser sits on billions in cash reserves. It remains to be seen what will happen but some workers at Kaiser are beginning to express that enough is enough!
Click here to read the article printed in the 10-01-25 Healthcare Newsletter
