Hundreds of Sacramento nurses join N. California one-day strike
Hundreds of nurses walked off their jobs at Sacramento-area Kaiser Permanente hospitals Thursday in support of fellow union members protesting management-proposed benefit cuts.
Recovery room nurse Debra Rickford, center left, joins the picket line Thursday at Kaiser Permanente in south Sacramento.
Nurses and other health care workers demonstrate Thursday outside Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, south Sacramento, on Bruceville Road.
As nurses walk a picket line in Sacramento, a spokesman said Kaiser hospitals were well prepared and fully staffed Thursday.