Registered nurses at MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center in Long Beach, Calif., will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, March 18, to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ ongoing concerns about safe staffing and safe working conditions, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU).

Long Beach Medical Center nurses will rally to highlight persistent problems with staffing and working conditions, which directly impacts the quality of care nurses provide to their patients. The RNs have been in negotiations for a new contract since February 2025 with little to no movement on key issues. 

“Our proposals are intended to correct the medical center’s gaps in workplace violence prevention and safe staffing,” said Singrid Steinmetz, RN in the Long Beach intensive care unit and chief nurse representative. “We want to have a proactive approach to the protections we deserve. We need MemorialCare to back up their statements with agreements to our proposals at the bargaining table.”  

Who: Registered nurses at Long Beach Medical Center
What: Informational Picket
When: Tuesday, March 18, 6–9 a.m.
Where: Long Beach Medical Center, 2801 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach Calif.

The nurses urge management to invest in nursing staff and agree to a contract that provides:

• Safe staffing that allows nurses to provide safe and therapeutic care.
• Workplace violence protections that include plans to mitigate and prevent violence within the hospitals and comply with the state's workplace violence prevention law.

CNA represents nearly 2,200 nurses at MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center and MemorialCare Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United is the largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of registered nurses in the nation with more than 100,000 members in more than 200 facilities throughout California and more than 225,000 RNs nationwide.