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Doesn't the California Nurses Union strike almost regularly, anyway? Assuming that nurses have a better understanding of the virus than average laypeople, and given the facts of the number of positive cases, plus the facts which undermine the claims (California seems to actually have a stockpile), it seems unprofessional and unethical in the extreme to strike at this time.

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Somebody will always tell you that you are unprofessional and unethical if you strike, in my experience.

Source: years as a workplace rep in UK school under austerity government cutting public sector pay and pensions, plus 3 years as a branch secretary.

You would think that standing up against practises that are endangering health-worker's health, and in tow the health of their patients, would be the most professional thing to do.

I have family who work as nurses on the front lines. One of them just got back from her third shift in a week in the covid unit, and has had a grand total of one reused N95 mask to use, in flagrant violation of what is considered acceptable barrier practice. And this is at one of the biggest hospitals in California. The way the staff are being treated is despicable, and I 100% support any striking action by the Nurses' union.

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