Widespread Kaiser Strike to End After 4 Weeks With No Deal Yet

Source: KQED

By Farida Jhabvala Romero
Feb 23, 2026
Updated 12:47 pm PT

A four-week strike by thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers in California and Hawaii is set to end Tuesday morning, even though no contract deal has been reached, according to the union.

The walkout initially involved up to 31,000 nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists and others. Following significant movement at the bargaining table over the weekend, according to the union, no picket lines are being held on Monday as return-to-work agreements are finalized.

“Returning members to their patients and their livelihoods is the clearest path to securing a final agreement and building on the progress achieved during the strike,” said a statement by United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, which notified Kaiser that the strike will conclude at 7 a.m. Tuesday.

Kaiser, the nation’s largest private nonprofit health care organization, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


Chris Pyper (left), a physician assistant from Kaiser San Leandro, marches while on strike outside Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, in Oakland, on Feb. 19, 2026. The large, open-ended strike had led to frustrations by some patients over delayed care as well as difficulties for workers who went weeks without a paycheck. (Tâm Vũ/KQED)

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