On Tuesday, nurses employed by the Los Angeles Medical Center, which is owned by Kaiser Permanente, returned to work after a strike that lasted the past week. Nearly 1,000 registered nurses, who are represented by the California Nurses Assn., began to picket starting March 15th. These nurses were demanding higher wages and increased staffing. These striking nurses comprised approximately 75% of the total nurses employed at this hospital. Kaiser has offered increase these nurses pay so that their wages are 20% higher than other nurses in Southern California.
See "Kaiser Nurses End Strike Over Contract at its L.A. Medical Center", Samantha Masunaga, The Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2016