Kaiser specialty nurses plan to strike

[herring_RN, ASN, BSN]

dozens of nurses planning to strike

fontana - about 80 specialty nurses at kaiser permanente plan to strike monday, as part of an 800-member union walkout in southern california, according to a union spokeswoman.

they will do so if the hospital continues its push for the elimination of employer-provided retirement benefits.

"the rest of corporate america is attacking retirement benefits, and it's a disappointment that kaiser permanente is participating," said laureen lazarovici, communications director for united nurses association of california/united healthcare professionals.

in a series of votes from feb. 28 to march 8, the nurses authorized the union to give kaiser a 10-day notice of its intention to strike. ...

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