Health care workers in Northern California strike over short staffing, COVID protocols, pay
ABC News
More than 8,000 nurses and health care workers in Northern California are planning a one-day strike Monday over staffing and other COVID-related concerns.
More than 8,000 nurses and health care workers in Northern California are planning a one-day strike Monday over staffing and other COVID-19-related concerns.
The employees of Sutter Health, a health delivery system headquartered in Sacramento, are planning to strike at 15 facilities -- including locations in Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Vallejo -- between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
According to a press release from the California Nurses' Association, a labor union, the workers are protesting concerns related to staffing shortages as well as health and safety protections they say are putting both patients and staff in danger.
The CNA said the nurses voted to strike in March and alerted Sutter Health of the plans to picket 10 days in advance.
