For Immediate Release
Dec. 8, 2025
Contact:
Kellen Wilson
503-724-4444
kwilson@ofnhp.org
PORTLAND, Ore.—In an unmistakable message sent today to Kaiser Permanente’s board of directors, a majority of Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals members voted that they have “no confidence” in Kaiser Permanente CEO Greg Adams’ leadership.
In a letter to the board, OFNHP President Sarina Roher said Kaiser, under Adams, has “drifted away from the honoring the principles of the labor management partnership – the legacy that made Kaiser the best place to receive high-quality care rooted in uplifting and valuing the people who deliver that care.”
The union is requesting that the Kaiser board take two immediate actions:
- Commission an independent investigation into Adams’ fitness to continue leading Kaiser Permanente. “The unprecedented level of labor unrest, the erosion of the (labor-management) partnership structures, and the consistent centralization of decision-making warrant impartial review to determine whether Kaiser’s current leadership model aligns with the organization’s mission, values and long-term stability for Kaiser patients,” Roher said in the letter.
- Establish the oversight and accountability needed to ensure that Kaiser swiftly settles fair national and local contracts. “Kaiser must return to a model in which frontline expertise is respected, factual information is acknowledged, and managers at the table have the authority to resolve issues in good faith,” she wrote.
“A no-confidence vote is one of the strongest statements that healthcare professionals can make about a CEO’s leadership, and Kaiser’s board should take it seriously. This is a clear signal from the frontlines that the status quo is failing,” she said. “Staffing vacancy rates have soared, morale has plummeted, our workforce is exhausted and patient access is increasingly at risk.”
The no-confidence petition comes on the heels of a historic five-day strike by Kaiser’s Oregon and Southwest Washington healthcare workers. That action, supported by community members, made it clear that Kaiser is refusing to address a severe staffing crisis that can jeopardize patient safety. Kaiser continues to offer wages below every other major hospital system in the region while stretching staffing and patient caseloads to the breaking point.
Under Adams’ tenure since 2019, Kaiser has:
- Faced some of the largest strikes in Kaiser’s history, driven by concerns over staffing and patient care.
- Allowed the once-renowned labor-management partnership to deteriorate.
- Replaced partnership principles with unilateral decision-making.
- Ignored the first-hand expertise of the skilled workers who actually care for and keep patients safe.
- Seen its own workers raise the alarm and now alert the board.
“For Kaiser to fulfill its mission, it needs leadership that listens, truly partners and invests in the workforce that makes care possible,” Roher said.
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