RECENT HEALTH CARE STRIKES <\/p>\n
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center: Hundreds of nurses staged a three-day walkout at the Colton hospital and other sites in San Bernardino County Dec. 9-11. Negotiations have resumed. <\/p>\n
Riverside Community Hospital: Nurses staged an informational protest in front of the facility in mid-December, saying they were working in unsafe conditions with a high patient-to-nurse ratio. Negotiations were expected to resume this month. <\/p>\n
Dozens of protesters marched against Kaiser Permanente in Fontana on Monday, claiming the nonprofit was understaffing its mental health facilities. <\/p>\n
The strikers were members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, who say they have too little time for patients. <\/p>\n
Kaiser keeps piling on more work to do in a standard clinical hour. Its now to the point where instead of giving a patient a clinical hour, you give them maybe 30 minutes, said psychiatric therapist Marty Needleman, a union member on the picket line. <\/p>\n
He said the nations new health care law has caused an influx of patients, compounding an already bad situation. <\/p>\n
The walkout affects about 2,600 workers statewide and 250-300 workers in Inland Southern California, according to Needleman. It began at 6 a.m. and will last until 6 a.m. Jan. 19. Negotiations are on hold this week, he said. <\/p>\n
Needleman said that 70 people were walking the picket line this morning. <\/p>\n
Kaiser officials deny the nonprofit is failing its mental health patients and says it has increased the number of therapists in the state by 25 percent, a claim the union disputes. <\/p>\n
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