Kaiser nurses on strike in Downey, California January 26, 2026. The Kaiser strike is part of a broader wave of healthcare workers’ struggles across the country. In New York City, 15,000 nurses began striking on January 12 in what has become the largest nurses’ strike in the city’s history. Nurses at Seattle Children’s Hospital voted to authorize a strike in December 2025, and healthcare workers at multiple Oregon facilities are either on strike or preparing authorization votes. … It’s really, really bad.