Union Nurses to Picket 22 Kaiser Facilities in California Over Layoffs

California Nurses to Stage Pickets at Kaiser Facilities Over Staffing and Technology Concerns

Nurses from 22 Kaiser Permanente locations across California are set to conduct informational pickets on Tuesday, September 23. The demonstrations aim to address issues such as recent layoffs, accusations of wage theft, the introduction of untested technologies, and Kaiser’s alleged focus on financial gains at the expense of patient care. These nurses are part of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU), representing nearly 25,000 Kaiser-employed nurses.

Event Details:

• Who: Registered nurses at Kaiser Permanente facilities
• What: Informational pickets
• When: Tuesday, September 23; specific times vary by location
• Where: 22 Kaiser facilities across California

Deb Capistrano, an RN in the telemetry unit at Kaiser San Francisco Medical Center, expressed her concerns, stating, “Kaiser has moved quickly to justify recent cuts to nurse staffing, but we won’t stand for that. We know our patients and our communities do best when we have safe staffing in every Kaiser facility, and we won’t accept anything less, especially when we know how much money Kaiser is still taking to the bank.”

Michelle Gutierrez Vo, an RN in the Adult and Family Medicine Department at Kaiser Fremont Medical Center and a president of CNA, added, “You simply cannot replace nurses with technology like artificial intelligence. Instead of looking to these untested technologies being pushed by corporate executives, Kaiser management should be working with us to ensure that issues like safe staffing and wage theft aren’t impacting patients and nurses.”

The CNA, an affiliate of the NNU, is the largest nurses union in the United States, advocating for nearly 25,000 nurses within the Kaiser system.

Facility Locations and Picket Times

All actions occur on Tuesday, September 23, Pacific Time.

• Los Angeles Medical Center
  Location: 4867 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
  Time: 7-9 a.m.
• Sacramento Medical Center
  Location: 2025 Morse Ave., Sacramento, CA
  Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m.
• South Sacramento Medical Center
  Location: 6600 Bruceville Rd., Sacramento, CA
  Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m.
• Roseville Medical Center
  Location: 1600 Eureka Rd., Roseville, CA
  Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m.
• Vacaville Medical Center
  Location: 1 Quality Dr., Vacaville, CA
  Time: 2:30-4:30 p.m.
• Fresno Medical Center
  Location: 7300 N. Fresno St., Fresno, CA
  Time: 7-9 a.m.
• Modesto Medical Center
  Location: 4601 Dale Rd., Modesto, CA
  Time: 8-10 a.m.
• Manteca Medical Center
  Location: 1777 W. Yosemite Ave., Manteca, CA
  Time: 8-10 a.m.
• San Francisco Medical Center
  Location: 2425 Geary Blvd., San Francisco, CA
  Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m.
• Oakland Medical Center
  Location: 3600 Broadway, Oakland, CA
  Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m.
• San Jose Medical Center
  Location: 250 Hospital Pkwy., San Jose, CA
  Time: 3-5 p.m.
• Santa Clara Medical Center
  Location: 700 Lawrence Expy., Santa Clara, CA
  Time: 7-9 a.m.
• Redwood City Medical Center
  Location: 1100 Veterans Blvd., Redwood City, CA
  Time: 6:30-8:30 a.m.
• South San Francisco Medical Center
  Location: 1200 El Camino Real, South San Francisco, CA
  Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m.
• Santa Rosa Medical Center
  Location: 401 Bicentennial Way, Santa Rosa, CA
  Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m.
• San Rafael Medical Center
  Location: 99 Montecillo Rd., San Rafael, CA
  Time: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
• Antioch Medical Center
  Location: 4501 Sand Creek Rd., Antioch, CA
  Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m.
• Walnut Creek Medical Center
  Location: 1425 S. Main St., Walnut Creek, CA
  Time: 6:30-8:30 a.m.
• Vallejo Medical Center
  Location: 975 Sereno Dr., Vallejo, CA
  Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m.
• San Leandro Medical Center
  Location: 2500 Merced St., San Leandro, CA
  Time: 3:30-5:30 p.m.
• Richmond Medical Center
  Location: 901 Nevin Ave., Richmond, CA
  Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m.
• Fremont Medical Center
  Location: 39400 Paseo Padre Pkwy., Fremont, CA
  Time: 6:30-8:30 a.m.

The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United is recognized as the largest and fastest-growing union and professional association for registered nurses in the nation, boasting over 100,000 members in more than 200 facilities throughout California and more than 225,000 RNs nationwide.