A Colorado nurses union is asking Kaiser Permanente to halt layoffs affecting five employees as it challenges the company’s decision to move their work to nurses in Georgia. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 filed a motion Sept. 29 seeking to pause the layoffs while bargaining continues. The union says Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado is transferring work covered by its collective bargaining agreement and has declined to arbitrate the dispute. The affected nurses review patient records and determine the appropriate level of care, such as whether a patient needs to stay overnight or receive inpatient care. That assessment informs payment and helps guide decisions by the patient’s care team, the union said. Local 7 said Kaiser described the Georgia staffing as a temporary pilot when it was introduced in November 2025. On Sept. 17, Colorado nurses were told their unit would close and that they could take severance or seek another position within Kaiser before Nov. 2, according to the union’s filing. Jenny Boone-Williams, a registered nurse whose account was included in the filing, said she was troubled by the change’s potential effect on patient care and her work. “If this transition is not stopped, it will be hard for me to continue at Kaiser,” she said. Kaiser said its national team consolidated the work in Georgia to operate efficiently, manage rising health care costs and help keep care affordable. The company said the five affected Local 7-represented employees can pursue other Kaiser positions and that it will support them through the transition. Kaiser also said it followed contractual processes, citing 166 open positions and a new office under construction in Westminster. The union says it is seeking to keep the jobs in Colorado as the dispute moves forward.