HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – After four weeks on strike, nurses and health care professionals will return to work Tuesday across Kaiser Permanente facilities in California and Hawai’i.
The work stoppage was the largest open-ended strike of registered nurses and health care professionals in United States history.
United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP), said over the past 48 hours, significant movement at the bargaining table prompted union leaders to send the employer a notice of unconditional return to work.
According to the union, 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.
UNAC/UHCP has formally notified Kaiser Permanente that the strike will conclude effective Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 7 a.m. PT and 7 a.m. HST.
There will be no picket lines on Monday, Feb. 23, as the union and employer finalize return-to-work agreements.
On January 26, 2026, 31,000 members of UNAC/UHCP went on strike after national negotiations with Kaiser stalled. Since March 2025, UNAC/UHCP has been in contract negotiations with the health care giant, as the union representing frontline caregivers seeks a contract with provisions to address chronic staffing shortages that impact patient care.
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