Striking Nurses to Talk With Hospital Officials
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STANFORD, Calif. — Striking nurses and hospital officials are scheduled to meet this week, the first talks since 1,730 registered nurses walked out of Stanford Medical Center and Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital on June 7.
Two meetings are scheduled, although neither is considered an official negotiating session.
The first meeting, scheduled for today, was arranged by lawyers for the two sides. A second meeting, on Friday, was arranged by a federal mediator and may evolve into negotiations, a prospect both sides say they welcome.
The nurses have asked for a 21% wage increase over two years; the hospitals have offered 8%. Besides better pay, the nurses want better health benefits, reductions in mandatory overtime and more power in determining safe levels of staffing.
The hospitals have hired more than 500 replacement nurses and released four of them, spokeswoman Melodie Jackson said. One nurse had an altered license; the other three had skills the hospitals didn’t need.
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