Thousands of nurses across Santa Clara County’s strained and overburdened public hospital system may go on strike again — just weeks after taking to the picket line. Contract negotiations between county management and leaders with the Registered Nurses Professional Association have stalled, with a Thursday bargaining session lasting just 17 minutes. A looming $250 million budget deficit is driving a wedge between both sides on pay raises. The county is proposing 10.5% compounded increases over the next three years, while the nurses want 15% under the same terms. Nurses are also calling for safer staffing levels and oppose being floated…
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