Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement (CRONA) nurses strike at Stanford Health Care Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., on April 25, 2022. (BerlinRosen via Bay City News)

About 5,000 nurses at Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital went on strike Monday, with workers calling on Stanford management to improve working conditions and address staff shortages.

According to the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement, which represents the striking nurses, executives at Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital have failed to address low staff retention and high turnover rates and have attempted to withdraw health benefits for striking nurses.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.