HONOLULU (KHON2) — Thousands of healthcare workers are taking a stand for better pay, safer staffing, and improved working conditions — as one major hospital strike ends and another begins in Hawaiʻi.
More than 30,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and healthcare professionals from California and Hawaiʻi wrapped up a five-day strikethis week, calling it a major step forward in the fight for patient safety.
Kapiolani Medical Center staff walk off the job, joined by Kaiser Permanente workers in statewide strike movement
Represented by the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP), the workers walked out of more than 500 Kaiser facilities across California and Hawaiʻi. Union leaders said the demonstration sent a message that unsafe staffing can no longer be ignored.
“The Joint Commission has finally said what nurses have known all along: unsafe staffing is unsafe care,” said UNAC/UHCP President Charmaine Morales, RN. “Employers like Kaiser can no longer treat staffing like a budget line. It’s now a national patient safety mandate.”…