6,000 California RNs Set One-Day Strike December 22

Walkout to Target Bay Area Sutter Hospitals, Long Beach Memorial; Nurses Cite Patient Care Issues, Cuts in Healthcare Coverage

CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. Nurses are poised to hold a one-day strike at California’s second largest private hospital, and one of its most profitable corporate hospital chain December 22.

The strike will affect 2,000 RNs at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and Miller Children’s Hospital in Long Beach, and 4,000 RNs who work at eight Bay Area hospitals…