Calif. Nurses To Strike This Week if Negotiations Falter
On Monday, a union representing nurses in California and Illinois said thousands of members will walk off their jobs on Thursday and Friday at Kaiser Permanente's Los Angeles Medical Center and two California-based hospitals owned by Providence Health and Services if progress is not made in contract negotiations this week. California Nurses Association spokesperson Chuck Idelson said the issues vary by location but include health benefits, salary and nurse-to-patient staffing ratios.
- "Nurses Union Plans Short Strikes in California and Illinois" (Bernstein, Reuters, 4/27).