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After nearly 11 months of negotiations, Kaiser Permanente welcomes the ratification of 52 collective bargaining agreements covering more than 61,000 employees represented by unions within the Alliance of Health Care Unions.

As Maui County faces renewed impacts from severe flooding following the devastating 2023 wildfires, Maui United Way (MUW) has activated its Maui Nui Resilience and Emergency Response Fund, a flexible funding mechanism designed to support both immediate response and long-term recovery efforts across Maui and Molokaʻi. 

Maui Economic Development Board’s STEMworks™ program is expanding its summer internship programs with the new Healthcare Student Placement Program from June 9 – July 17, 2026. This paid job shadowing opportunity in healthcare is exclusively for Maui County students.

After four weeks on strike, nurses and health care professionals represented by the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP)  will return to work Tuesday across Kaiser Permanente facilities in California and Hawai’i. The work stoppage was the largest open-ended strike of registered nurses and health care professionals in United States history, according to the union.  

The Maui Recovery Funders Collaborative has awarded YouthLine Hawaiʻi $100,000 for youth mental health services. The award includes $50,000 from the Maui United Way and $50,000 from Kaiser Permanente and is part of the ongoing efforts to increase access to mental health resources for individuals and families directly affected by the 2023 Maui Wildfires. This […]

Kaiser Permanente reports these initiatives represent an investment in the community, offering students from intermediate school to college the chance to gain real-world experience, earn college credit, and explore their passions right here on Maui.

31,000 frontline registered nurses and health care professionals will begin an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike at Kaiser Permanente facilities across California and Hawaiʻi today. The  strike will affect more than two dozen hospitals and hundreds of clinics, including the Moanalua Medical Center on Oʻahu.

More than 100 Kaiser Permanente physicians, providers, nurses, clinical and administrative staff, and their family members came together on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to serve at Paeloko Learning Center as part of the 2026 Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi Annual Day of Service, hosted by Hawaiʻi Permanente Medical Group. 

Following a strike notice issued by the union representing health care professionals in Hawaiʻi and California, Kaiser Permanente management has released a statement outlining what it calls the “strongest compensation package” in its bargaining history.

Physical therapy and pharmacy providers at Kaiser Permanente facilities on Maui are among 31,000 health care professionals who have issued a 10-day notice of intent to strike. The work stoppage is scheduled to begin Jan. 26.

Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi celebrated the 65th anniversary of Hawaiʻi Permanente Medical Group with a special gathering and an official proclamation honoring the physician group’s decades of service, innovation, and leadership in health care.

Catholic Charities Hawai‘i, Kahului Target Store, and various first responders brought holiday cheer to Maui keiki this weekend at its third annual Target “Heroes and Helpers” event.

Kaiser Permanente’s Medicare Advantage health plan in Hawaiʻi is among the highest-rated Medicare health plans, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2026 Star Ratings. Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi received 4.5 out of 5 stars from CMS, making it the highest-rated in Hawaiʻi.

31,000 Kaiser Permanente registered nurses and health care professionals across California and Hawaiʻi represented by the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) concluded their five-day strike on Sunday.

Kaiser Hawai’i employees say they’re being treated like “second class” as their counterparts in other states make much higher salaries.

Five new physicians have joined Kaiser Permanente’s Maui Lani Medical Office in Wailuku, including four internal medicine physicians and one pediatrician.

In a majority vote, a union of 30,000 registered nurses, pharmacists, therapists and other frontline professionals at Kaiser Permanente have authorized a strike, setting the stage for a walkout. #Kaiser #UNAC #UHCP

Telehealth proved critical in the pandemic, pushing the federal government to allow Medicare coverage for more services in more areas. But those flexibilities will end for patients in some areas unless Congress acts by Sept. 30.

Four Maui students have graduated from the Diagnostic Imaging Summer Experience, an eight-week paid internship made possible through a partnership between the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College and Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi. The interns were Mary Joy Velasquez, Jasmyn Yun, Kylie Cardenas and Kaysa Ong. They were honored recently at the college campus with an event […]

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan has reached agreement with Maui Island Holdings, LLC to purchase the 6.28-acre site currently occupied by The Maui News, located adjacent to the Kaiser Permanente Wailuku Medical Office and northwest of Maui Memorial Medical Center (which is operated by Kaiser Foundation Hospitals subsidiary Maui Health).