As many as 2,000 nurses who work in one of the city’s largest hospitals are expected to begin a strike Thursday, May 22, protesting what they describe as unsafe work conditions and generally inadequate staffing.
Registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nurse educators at MemorialCare’s Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital will participate, including those who work in emergency rooms, intensive care units and the children’s clinic, according to the California Nurses Association, which represents the nurses.
They will picket outside of the hospital and hold a demonstration at 7 a.m. Thursday morning, a union spokesperson said. They are anticipated to strike for a full 24 hours, ending Friday at 6:59 a.m., though union organizers said they expect the hospital to lock all strikers out for five days…