Workplace unrest grows among nurses in southern California
Following the nurses' walkout at Kaiser Permanente, a strike broke out this Monday at Providence Cedar-Sinai Tarzana, and is planned for this Tuesday at West Anaheim Medical Center
Workplace unrest is intensifying in the healthcare sector of Southern California, especially among nurses, with thousands of registered workers on strike, along with medical professionals, in coordinated work stoppages against three hospital systems.
Since the On January 26, 2026, approximately 31,000 nurses and healthcare workers, members of the United Nurses Associations of California/United Health Professionals (UNAC/UHCP), began an indefinite strike at Kaiser Permanente. The nurses' and healthcare workers' strike was joined by 3,000 pharmacy and laboratory technicians, who returned to work on February 12 after a three-day work stoppage.