Nurses Authorize Strike by Margin of 9 to 1
Los Angeles County’s 4,500 nurses Thursday voted to authorize a strike by more than a 9-1 margin, reflecting what union leaders said is anger and frustration.
Ramon Rubalcava, research director for the Service Employees International Union Local 660, which represents the nurses, said the county’s action at a meeting on Monday “will determine how soon the strike starts. “It’s up to the county,” he said. “If the county wants to strike, it’s on.”
Wednesday would be the earliest the nurses would walk off the job, said Dan Savage, another union official.
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