Sandi Marques doesn’t need anyone to tell her how critical St. Francis Medical Center is to the Lynwood area of Los Angeles. Marques grew up in Lynwood and nearby South Gate, and she is in her 36th year as a registered nurse at St. Francis. Though she now commutes from Anaheim Hills, she knows this area.
“The community needs this hospital. The whole area needs it,” Marques said Tuesday, standing just outside the medical center. On the street behind her, cars blew past, many blaring horns in support of her and her fellow nurses, and megaphones in the distance sounded the beginning of a rally. It was day two of a five-day union-led strike at St. Francis.
