More than 1,400 nurses go on strike at 2 USC hospitals in Boyle Heights
Source: KABC
ByCarley Gomez KABC
Thursday, October 30, 2025 2:20PM
BOYLE HEIGHTS, Calif. (KABC) -- Hundreds of unionized Keck Medicine of USC nurses walked off the job and onto the picket lines Thursday amid contract talks.
Registered nurses at Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center in Boyle Heights began walking the picket line outside the Keck facility at 1500 San Pablo St. About 1,400 nurses are taking part in the strike, which will last for 24 hours, according to the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United.
"We are the frontline nurses of Keck Medicine of USC, caring for patients from across Los Angeles and beyond -- your friends, your family, your neighbors, your loved ones, " Jeong-A Cha, a Keck USC registered nurse, said in a statement.
"Every day and every night, we give our hearts, our skill, and our strength to heal our community," Cha said. "But today, we are being asked to jeopardize the very lives we swore to protect. Keck USC nurses are working under unsafe staffing conditions that violate the most basic standards of patient care."
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