The Brief
- Massive healthcare strikes are sweeping Southern California as thousands of nurses and medical professionals at Kaiser Permanente, Providence, and West Anaheim walk off the job.
- Staffing and safety concerns remain the primary drivers, with unions alleging that “unsafe staffing” and “environmental hazards” are jeopardizing patient care and worker retention.
- The duration of actions varies from a localized three-day strike in Anaheim to an open-ended regional strike involving over 31,000 Kaiser healthcare workers.
LOS ANGELES – A wave of labor unrest is intensifying across Southern California‘s healthcare sector, with thousands of registered nurses and medical professionals launching coordinated strikes against three major hospital systems this week.
Local perspective:
Labor actions are currently active at several major facilities:
Kaiser Permanente
Approximately 31,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and healthcare professionals who are members of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) have been on an open-ended strike since January 26.…