Kaiser nurses across California to hold informational pickets protesting layoffs, wage theft, and A.I.

Union nurses to protest outside 22 Kaiser facilities across Golden State as they say Kaiser is putting profits and politics before patients

Nurses at 22 Kaiser Permanente facilities across the state of California will hold informational pickets on Tuesday, Sept. 23 to speak out against recent layoffs, wage theft, the implementation of untested technologies, and Kaiser's prioritization of its finances over patient care. Nurses taking action are represented by California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU), which represents nearly 25,000 nurses employed by Kaiser.

Who: Registered nurses at Kaiser Permanente facilities
What: Informational pickets
When: Tuesday, Sept. 23; picket times varying by location (list below)
Where: 22 Kaiser facilities across California (list below)

"Kaiser has moved quickly to justify recent cuts to nurse staffing, but we won't stand for that," said Deb Capistrano, RN in the telemetry unit at Kaiser San Francisco Medical Center and a member of CNA's board of directors. "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."

"You simply cannot replace nurses with technology like artificial intelligence," said Michelle Gutierrez Vo, RN in the Adult and Family Medicine Department at Kaiser Fremont Medical Center and a president of CNA. "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."

CNA represents nearly 25,000 nurses across the Kaiser system and is an affiliate of NNU, the country's largest nurses union.

List of facilities and informational picket times

All actions taking place Tuesday, Sept. 23, and all times Pacific.

Los Angeles Medical Center
Where:4867 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif.
When:7-9 a.m.

Sacramento Medical Center
Where: 2025 Morse Ave., Sacramento, Calif.
When:7:30-9:30 a.m.

South Sacramento Medical Center
Where: 6600 Bruceville Rd., Sacramento, Calif.
When:7:30-9:30 a.m.

Roseville Medical Center
Where: 1600 Eureka Rd., Roseville, Calif.
When:7:30-9:30 a.m.

Vacaville Medical Center
Where: 1 Quality Dr., Vacaville, Calif.
When:2:30-4:30 p.m.

Fresno Medical Center
Where: 7300 N. Fresno St., Fresno, Calif.
When:7-9 a.m.

Modesto Medical Center
Where: 4601 Dale Rd., Modesto, Calif.
When:8-10 a.m.

Manteca Medical Center
Where: 1777 W. Yosemite Ave., Manteca, Calif.
When:8-10 a.m.

San Francisco Medical Center
Where: 2425 Geary Blvd., San Francisco, Calif.
When:7:30-9:30 a.m.

Oakland Medical Center
Where: 3600 Broadway, Oakland, Calif.
When:7:30-9:30 a.m.

San Jose Medical Center
Where: 250 Hospital Pkwy., San Jose, Calif.
When:3-5 p.m.

Santa Clara Medical Center
Where: 700 Lawrence Expy., Santa Clara, Calif.
When:7-9 a.m.

Redwood City Medical Center
Where: 1100 Veterans Blvd., Redwood City, Calif.
When:6:30-8:30 a.m.

South San Francisco Medical Center
Where: 1200 El Camino Real, South San Francisco, Calif.
When:7:30-9:30 a.m.

Santa Rosa Medical Center
Where: 401 Bicentennial Way, Santa Rosa, Calif.
When:7:30-9:30 a.m.

San Rafael Medical Center
Where: 99 Montecillo Rd., San Rafael, Calif.
When:11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Antioch Medical Center
Where: 4501 Sand Creek Rd., Antioch, Calif.
When: 7:30-9:30 a.m.

Walnut Creek Medical Center
Where: 1425 S. Main St., Walnut Creek, Calif.
When:6:30-8:30 a.m.

Vallejo Medical Center
Where: 975 Sereno Dr., Vallejo, Calif.
When:7:30-9:30 a.m.

San Leandro Medical Center
Where: 2500 Merced St., San Leandro, Calif.
When: 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Richmond Medical Center
Where: 901 Nevin Ave., Richmond, Calif.
When:7:30-9:30 a.m.

Fremont Medical Center
Where: 39400 Paseo Padre Pkwy., Fremont, Calif.
When:6:30-8:30 a.m.

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