Loading ...First it was the graduate student instructors, now it’s Northern Californian nurses
taking a stand.
Many registered nurses from fifteen hospitals, including Alta Bates in Berkeley and Oakland, are participating in a strike authorized by the California Nurses Association—the registered nurses union—in efforts to achieve a standardized contract with better benefits and pension plans. Other types of nurses are represented by other unions, some of which specifically disallow striking to support other unions’ strikes.
Alta Bates is part of the Sutter Health system, a network of hospitals in Northern California known most recently for attempting to close financially draining hospitals in San Francisco, San Leandro and Santa Rosa. RNs striking all over the Bay Area argue that the non-profit is about making money, not the patients.
We agree that bettering patient care starts with the patients, but that usually starts with having nurses to take care of the patients, instead of picketing on the sidewalk.
Image Source: Frederica Kreitzer, Daily Cal
Nurses Strike at Alta Bates Hospital [Daily Cal]
Nurses walk off jobs at Bay Area hospitals [SF Gate]
Local subtext in Sutter walkout [The Press Democrat]
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