For Immediate Release
Dec. 24, 2025
Contact:
Sarina Roher
503-887-5781
sroher@ofnhp.org
PORTLAND, Ore.— The Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals has reached local tentative agreements with Kaiser Permanente covering all six OFNHP bargaining units. However, these agreements cannot be finalized until Kaiser returns to the national bargaining table and resolves outstanding issues that affect OFNHP members and all unions in the Alliance of Health Care Unions.
“After marathon bargaining sessions over the last week, I’m proud of the progress our members forced at the local tables,” said OFNHP President Sarina Roher. “We reached tentative agreements that include higher pay, stronger staffing standards and a real voice for healthcare professionals in how patient care is delivered. But there is no final agreement until Kaiser comes back to the national table and finishes a fair national contract.”
The local tentative agreements focus on recruitment and retention, including market-adjusted wages, improvements to working conditions and local staffing standards that support safe, high-quality patient care. A national agreement is still required to establish across-the-board wage increases for all Alliance workers.
“These local agreements prove what’s possible when Kaiser actually engages,” Roher said. “Now Kaiser needs to step up nationally. A completed agreement means more stability for healthcare workers, safer care for patients, and a workforce that can actually afford to stay and do this work.”
The tentative agreements follow nine months of bargaining, a five-day strike in October, and a vote of no confidence in Kaiser CEO Greg Adams, underscoring the deep frustration healthcare workers feel with Kaiser’s leadership and delays at the national table.
OFNHP bargaining teams and elected leaders endorsed these tentative agreements. Once a national agreement is reached, OFNHP members will vote to ratify the full package.
“Our members have done their part and will continue,” Roher said. 'Now Kaiser must do the same and step up because our patients and our communities cannot wait.”
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