{"id":587887,"date":"2026-09-02T11:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/587887\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T11:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:28:13","slug":"kaiser-nurses-in-california-picket-over-staffing-levels-and-use-of-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/587887\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaiser nurses in California picket over staffing levels and use of AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kaiser nurses in California picket over staffing levels and use of AI<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788348493_16_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Laura De La Garza Garcia\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Nurses at 22 Kaiser Permanente hospitals across California held informational pickets on Tuesday as part of ongoing contract negotiations.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The union representing the nurses said the key issues being addressed include staffing levels, pay, and concerns about the increased use of artificial intelligence technology.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Kaiser Permanente stated that AI is being used to support nurses.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">&#8220;Kaiser needs to listen to us,&#8221; nurse Lyn Tirona said. &#8220;We are at the bedside. We are at the forefront of patient care.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">These pickets are informational and not a strike. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Kaiser also said that patient services and access have not been impacted.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/get-kcra-news-on-the-go-download\/44039145\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download our app<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KCRA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kaiser nurses in California picket over staffing levels and use of AI Nurses at 22 Kaiser Permanente hospitals&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[210409,134,527,58766,111,139,69,289309],"class_list":["post-587887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-contract-negotiations","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-kaiser","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-picket"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}