Registered nurses, along with with dozens of other medical professionals with the Sharp Healthcare system, continued their strike Friday.

Picket lines were formed for the third and final day at the Sharp main campus in Serra Mesa, as well as at locations in the Grossmont area and Chula Vista.

The workers who walked off the job are members of the Sharp Professional Nurses Network (SPNN), an affiliate of United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals ( UNAC/UHCP ). M.G. Perez

Since July, the nurses have worked without a contract, still bargaining with Sharp executives over issues that include a demand for higher pay and guaranteed sick leave.

"That's what we’re fighting for," said Rebecca Stewart, who has been an RN for six years.

Stewart was on the picke

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