Roughly 3,000 additional pharmacy and laboratory technicians at Kaiser Permanente facilities in Southern California plan to strike, joining more than 30,000 nurses and other medical staff already on the picket lines. The walkout is part of a broader dispute over what unions describe as unfair labor practices and deteriorating working conditions. This expansion marks another escalation in a wave of labor unrest across the U.S. health‑care sector. Workers say staffing shortages and rising workloads have pushed them to a breaking point. The strike is set to begin Monday, adding further pressure on Kaiser during an already tense standoff.
See "Three Thousand More Health-Care Workers to Join Kaiser Strike", George Weykamp, Bloomberg Law, February 6, 2026