More than 1,500 local healthcare workers and their families lined the sidewalks along Clairemont Mesa Boulevard last week during statewide strikes.
Now, community support is continuing on after strikes have ended, with both sides agreeing to return to the bargaining table – with renewed optimism after medical accreditation organization The Joint Commission released updated standards on staffing during the strike.
That move “will reshape the landscape of contract negotiations moving forward,” said the United Nurses Association of California/Union of Health Care Professionals coalition, which organized and led the five-day strike at Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center and hundreds of other facilities…