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San Jose health care workers demand better hospital staffing

May 27, 2022August 21, 2023 Sharika Soukup

Registered nurses and health care workers in San Jose are demanding a hospital owner address staffing shortages and dangerous working conditions. Approximately 145 members of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, dressed in red shirts and armed with picket signs, took to the sidewalks Tuesday in front of the Good Samaritan Hospital. Chants of “Nurses…

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Health care workers in Northern California strike over short staffing, COVID protocols, pay

April 28, 2022 Sharika Soukup

The workers allege staffing shortages and a lack of PPE stockpiles. April 18, 2022, 9:04 PM • 5 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article More than 8,000 nurses and health care workers in Northern California are planning a one-day strike Monday over staffing and other COVID-19-related concerns. The employees of Sutter Health,…

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Henry Ford hospitals trim beds due to staffing shortage

September 14, 2021 Sharika Soukup

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System has trimmed 120 beds from its five hospitals because there aren’t enough nurses or other workers to staff them, health system officials said Monday. Michigan has been grappling with a shortage of hospital employees after a grueling year and a half of pandemic service that caused some workers to quit or…

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