Kaiser plans layoffs in Northern California while saying it is rebalancing resources to match staffing and care needs. CNA received notice of proposed layoffs at the end of June, with cuts scheduled to take effect Oct. 14; 42 San Rafael positions were initially slated, later reduced to 41 after bargaining. Kaiser reported 400 open nursing positions across Northern California and offered to help transition impacted employees to nearby inpatient roles. Nurses criticized the cuts in light of Kaiser's $13 billion net income in 2024 and plan to picket outside Kaiser's downtown San Rafael clinic, warning workloads will grow for remaining staff.
"To match staffing and care needs, we are rebalancing resources," the company said. Nurses pointed to Kaiser's net income in 2024, arguing the company's justification for the cuts doesn't hold up. "It's absolutely unacceptable that Kaiser made $13 billion last year, yet is cutting staff," Colleen Gibbons, a medical-surgical nurse at Kaiser San Rafael and the chief nurse representative, said in a statement.
CNA received notice of the proposed layoffs at the end of June, and they are set to take effect Oct. 14. For the nurses left after the layoffs take effect, the workload will only grow, Cronin said. "The work doesn't go away just because the nurses go away," Cronin said. "There's still these patients that paid for access to quality medical care ... and the nurses will continue to try to provide it despite how Kaiser continues to tie our hands."
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