Thousands of Nurses at Top California Hospitals Strike Over Wages and Burnout

Sutter Health nurses and health care workers hold signs as they participate in a one day strike outside of the California Pacific Medical Center Van Ness Campus in San Francisco, California, on April 18, 2022. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Thousands of nurses at Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in California are striking this week over contract issues, staff shortages, burnout, and exhaustion.

Nurses began their strike on Monday morning. The labor union representing the nurses, the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement (CRONA) announced the strike on Sunday, saying 93 percent of eligible nurses voted to authorize the strike.