Nurses strike ends at Stanford, Lucile Packard hospitals

The weeklong nurses strike against Stanford Hospital and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is over after the nurses' union struck a deal that includes wage increases over the next three years. On Sunday, 83% of members of the union, known as the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement (CRONA), voted in favor the agreement negotiated with Stanford Health Care. The new contracts — one for nurses at Stanford Hospital, the other for nurses working at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital…