Over 100 workers were notified Friday that they are being laid off from their jobs at the Long Beach Memorial medical campus, marking the second round of mass layoffs in the last year and a half.
A hospital spokesperson confirmed Saturday that 115 workers were notified that their positions at Memorial and Miller Children’s and Women’s hospitals were being terminated, which is in addition to 60 workers who were notified last month. The hospital notified the state of the layoffs in two separate filings with the California Employment Development Department.
“It was a terrible day. Memorial is losing very talented, loyal nurses, some who have spent their whole careers here,” one staff member wrote in a private social media group Friday. “It is a tragedy for them as well as our patients and our community. I am heartbroken.”…