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California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered a regional lockdown once the hospital capacity fell below 15 percent to ensure that the state s hospital capacities will not be overwhelmed with the increasing number of COVID-19 infections. But nurses now threaten to hold a strike during Christmas Eve.
Nurses To Hold Christmas Eve Strike
COVID-19 infections continue to swell in California and are predicted to increase in huge numbers after the holiday season. State health experts and officials want to avoid this.
According to a published article in NBC News, nurses are planning to hold a strike that will begin on Christmas eve. The nurses alleged that current work conditions put their lives at risk. The strike will affect the operations of three Southern California hospitals.
UpdatedTue, Dec 15, 2020 at 12:05 pm PT
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA As coronavirus hospitalizations mount in Riverside County and intensive care unit beds are at zero capacity, unionized registered nurses and licensed medical professionals at three Southland hospitals including Riverside Community Hospital have called a 10-day unfair labor practice strike.
According to a statement Monday from the registered nurse union SEIU Local RN121, the workers plan to strike from December 24 through January 3 at Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside, Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks and West Hills Hospital & Medical Center in West Hills.
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