Prime Healthcare Workers Begin Week-Long Strike in Southern California

Around 1,800 frontline healthcare workers at four facilities launched the strike Dec. 20, set to extend through the Christmas holiday.

Medical workers strike at Garden Grove Hospital in Garden Grove, Calif., on Dec. 20, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

LOS ANGELES—Around 1,800 frontline healthcare workers at four Prime Healthcare facilities in Southern California launched a week-long strike Dec. 20, set to extend through the Christmas holiday.

The striking workers are at Prime St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood; Prime Centinela Medical Center, Inglewood; Prime Encino Medical Center, Encino; and Prime Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center, Garden Grove.