The nurses have been working under an expired contract since March.
About 5,000 Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital nurses went on strike Monday morning to demand for hospital officials to reach a new contract, seeking better staffing and mental help support.
About 93 percent of eligible nurses authorized the strike, which CRONA will use to set up a picket line and hold a 9 a.m. Monday press conference outside Stanford Hospital along Welch Road at Pasteur Drive, according to a statement from the union. “A strike has always been the last resort for CRONA nurses, but we are prepared to stand strong and make sacrifices today for the transformative changes that the nursing profession needs,” she said. “We hope to get back to work quickly under fair contracts that acknowledge nurses’ contributions and support excellent patient care.”Tuesday with its nurses. CRONA gave notice of intention to strike April 13. The union has reiterated its intention of continuing contract negotiations with management.
“Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, nurses have been outraged as we have watched our hospitals fail to provide the basic resources to protect us, such as personal protective equipment and adequate RN staffing,” said David Yamada, a registered nurse at UCLA. “For the past two years, management has publicly called us heroes while at the same time failing to adequately address the ongoing needs of the frontline staff and continuously violating our contract protections.
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