RNs at Kaiser’s LA Medical Center on 7-day strike

Editor's Note

RNs at Kaiser Permanente’s Los Angeles Medical Center began a 7-day strike on March 15, PR Newswire reports.

The focus of the strike is on:

• improving staffing to protect patient care
• achieving economic gains to retain experienced RNs and increase recruitment of new RNs.

The walkout affects 1,200 RN members of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United who are seeking their first collective bargaining contract.

March 15, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Registered nurses at Kaiser Permanente's flagship Los Angeles Medical Center begin a seven-day strike this morning with a focus on improving staffing to protect patient care and achieving economic gains to retain experienced RNs and boost recruitment of new nurses.