Members of the United Nurses Associations of California and the Union of Health Care Professionals picket outside of the Downey Medical Center demanding fair contracts in Downey on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

As many as 31,000 union nurses and healthcare professionals ended their five-day strike against Kaiser Permanente in the Western U.S. without a labor agreement early Sunday, Oct. 19.

While no talks took place during the walkout, Kaiser officials and leaders from a coalition of labor organizations confirmed that negotiations are scheduled to restart Oct. 22-23.

One union official from the steelworkers’ union of 8,600 vocational nurses and medical assistants in Fontana said that talks are scheduled again Oct. 28-29 if the negotiations don’

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