BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 More than 31,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and health care professionals have ended their five-day strike and returned to work, citing new momentum and broad community support in their fight for safer staffing levels.<\/p>\n
The strike began Oct. 14 at over 500 hospitals and clinics across California and Hawaii, with caregivers demanding safer staffing and better patient care conditions.<\/p>\n
Union leaders say this week marked a turning point in their negotiations, particularly after the Joint Commission released new national standards during the strike that officially recognize safe staffing as a patient safety requirement rather than just an employer choice.<\/p>\n
The United Nurses Associations Coalition\/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC\/UHCP) says this regulatory shift gives workers stronger footing when they return to the bargaining table with Kaiser on Oct. 28.<\/p>\n
The union says the message is clear: under staffing puts patients at risk, and they’re ready to continue fighting for a contract that puts patient care first.<\/p>\n
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