Nurses Demand Better Staffing, Workplace Protections On National Day Of Action

By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles:

GLENDALE (CBSLA) — Nurses across Southern California are taking part in a “National Day of Action” to demand more protections for patients and themselves, especially as COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are surging again.

At Glendale Memorial Hospital, nurses put down the patient charts and picked up pickets and signs that said, “Patients First,” “Patients Over Profits,” and “Safe Staffing Now.” Labor groups representing nurses say protests will also take place at UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in West Los Angeles, and in San Bernardino at Community Hospital of San Bernardino and St. Bernardine Medical Center.

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