Hundreds of unionized Keck Medicine of USC nurses will walk off the job and onto the picket lines Thursday amid contract talks.

The 1,800 registered nurses from facilities across Los Angeles County that are expected to participate include: Keck Hospital of USC, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, USC Arcadia Hospital and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale.

“We are the frontline nurses of Keck Medicine of USC, caring for patients from across Los Angeles and beyond — your friends, your family, your neighbors, your loved ones, ” Jeong-A Cha, a Keck USC registered nurse, said in a statement.

“Every day and every night, we give our hearts, our skill, and our strength to heal our community,” Cha said. “But today, we are being asked to jeopardize the very lives we swore to protect. Kec

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