Santa Clara County displayed “Happy Nurses Week” banners across the hospitals of California’s second largest public healthcare system this month. But the nurses weren’t feeling the love. Instead, they’re up in arms as county leaders — grappling with a crushing budget deficit — have asked to delay cost-of-living wage increases that nurses went on strike for in 2024 and won in writing with a hard-fought contract. A letter shared with this news outlet show county officials asked leaders of the Registered Nurses Professional Association, the union representing more than 4,500 county nurses, for a May 1 meeting to discuss a request…
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