6,000 California RNs Begin One-Day Strike

Walkout to Target Bay Area Sutter Hospitals, Long Beach Memorial.
 Nurses Cite Patient Care Issues, Cuts in Healthcare Coverage. National Nurses United, December 22, 2011 Voicing concern over the erosion of quality of care and cuts to patient protections, nurses are on a one-day strike today at California’s second largest private hospital and one of its most profitable corporate hospital chains. The strike affects 2,000 RNs at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and Miller Children’s Hospital in Long Beach, and 4,000 RNs who work at nine Bay Area facilities that are part of the Sutter Health corporation. ... 6,000