#Kaiser Permanente

There will be no picket lines today as the union and employer finalize return-to-work agreements.

According to union officials, thousands of healthcare workers are participating in a nationwide strike at Kaiser Permanente, now in its fifth day, to protest unsafe staffing levels and heavy workloads.

Thousands of Kaiser Permanente nurses and healthcare professionals across Hawaiʻi have announced a potential strike starting Jan. 26, citing insufficient staffing and stalled contract negotiations.

“We want to better understand how this proposed merger will meet the needs of Hawai‘i’s communities,” says a statement from the healthcare organization about the proposed partnership.

Thousands of frontline caregivers will return to the bargaining table Oct. 28-29 backed by community support and a national patient safety mandate.

Members of the health care union Unite Here Local 5 chapter will be striking at the Kona and Hilo clinics starting today at 7:30 a.m. and will continue through Friday.

Local union workers are set to strike Kaiser Permanente across the state beginning Oct. 14 after months of contract negotiations for wag increases and safe staffing numbers.

More than 2,000 Kaiser Permanente employees in Hawai‘i have authorized a strike, joining a nationwide wave of healthcare workers prepared to walk out as union contract negotiations stall before the Sept. 30 deadline.

The union of nurses, pharmacists, therapists and other frontline professionals at Kaiser Permanente in Hawaiʻi and California are demanding safe staffing, better pay and respect at the negotiating table.

More than 1,900 Kaiser Permanente workers in Hawaiʻi are casting ballots this week to authorize a potential strike amid tense contract negotiations regarding staffing levels, wages and benefits disparities.

Ho‘ōla Farms pilot program ‘bridges the gap between clinical care and food access,’ reminding its 90 East Hawai‘i participating military veterans that nourishing their bodies is vital for healing.

Health care organizations and community-based agencies across the state work together to enhance access to hepatitis services, including testing, immunizations, care coordination, and treatment.

Six flights at Kahului Airport on Maui, 6 flights at the Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport on the Big Island, 9 flights at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu and 2 flights at Lῑhu’e Airport on Kaua‘i were impacted overnight, affecting more than 5,000 travelers.

Kaiser Permanente Home Health based in Kona is designed to to provide nursing and physical therapy at home for members using assistive devices such as walkers, canes or wheelchairs or with health conditions making it difficult to leave home and are receiving care that can only be safely performed under the supervision of a skilled nurse or therapist.

Monday’s Big Island project was part of a larger effort by more than 1,000 volunteers working statewide.

Improving physical health and improving mental health were the top two most popular resolutions in the Big Island Now poll.

The vaccines are available by appointment only and are covered like all routine vaccinations, typically at no cost to Kaiser Permanente members, according to the member’s plan coverage.

Kaiser Permanente has officially named Michelle Gaskill-Hames, BSN, MHA, as the Regional President of Kaiser Permanente for Southern California and Hawaiʻi, a position she had been serving in on an interim basis since April 2023.

During the next 60 days, the two health care providers will focus on finalizing the remaining details of the agreement.

Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi has pledged $10,000 in donations to support three community organizations working to fight food insecurity.