NUHW Strike

The National Union of Healthcare Workers went on strike October 21st, 2024. We are therapists, psychologists, social workers, and RNs who work for Kaiser Permanente.

The strike continued for 196 days, making it the longest mental health strike in United States history. It may be the longest strike in California history, period.

On May 4th, 2025, a tentative agreement was reached, and our members began returning to work.

For the first three months of our strike, Kaiser refused to sit down with us and bargain. They released attack ads in the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union Tribune. They told lie after lie, they misrepresented our demands and our working conditions, they disparaged us and our cause at every opportunity.

Their attacks only served to strengthen us further.

These photos are a document of our strength, resilience, resolve, and solidarity. I hope you can see yourself in them.