MarinHealth Medical Center workers strike as tensions escalate

Some 1,200 MarinHealth Medical Center employees staged a one-day strike on Wednesday as the hospital prepared to lock them out on Thursday and Friday.

A rally outside the hospital was the latest demonstration in a prolonged standoff over compensation and staffing levels.

Lynn Warner, the nurses’ chief representative on the bargaining team, said the hospital’s action was “in retaliation of us speaking up for our patients today.”

“This is an outrage,” Warner said at the rally.