SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- In attempts to reach a contract that improves patient care, pay and working conditions, nurses with Sharp HealthCare are picketing across San Diego on Wednesday.

These nurses are represented by the Sharp Professional Nurses Network (SPNN), an affiliate of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) — the same union representing Kaiser Permanente workers on strike.

Their current contract expired on Sept. 30, and now thousands of nurses are preparing to picket for three days. Nurses are picketing at Sharp Metro Campus, Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center and Sharp Grossmont Hospital.

“If you see us out there, we’re fighting for the patient care and safety that you and your loved ones deserve from the largest healthcare

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