CNA press releases

Watsonville Community Hospital nurses to picket Monday for patient safety, retention, and recruitment

Nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital will hold an informational picket on Monday, Nov. 13, to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about safe staffing, patient safety, retention, and recruitment.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

November 10, 2023

Los Angeles nurses demand Nursing Executive Officer accountability to protect patients

Registered nurses who work at Dignity Health’s California Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif., will hold a rally and speak-out to demand accountability and immediate course correction of the Chief Nursing Executive Officer.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

November 3, 2023

San Benito County report bolsters RNs’ assertion that Hazel Hawkins "does not need to be in bankruptcy or sold"

RNs at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital plan to address the San Benito County Board of Supervisors at their Oct. 24, 2023, meeting as the county’s hired consultant will present its report, including findings and recommendations on the future of the hospital to the board.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

October 20, 2023

Redding nurses and health care workers to protest Shasta Regional Medical Center’s safe staffing law violations

Registered nurses and health care workers at Prime Healthcare’s Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in Redding, Calif., will picket on Tuesday, Oct. 24, to protest management’s proposed staffing scheme because it violates California’s safe staffing law and jeopardizes patient care.

California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union

October 20, 2023

California Nurses Association: Gov. Newsom betrays nurses and CalCare movement by signing S.B. 770

Sandy Reding, RN and president of California Nurses Association – the state’s largest union of registered nurses and fiercest advocates for single-payer health care – issued the following statement denouncing the signing of S.B. 770.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

October 7, 2023

California Nurses Association celebrates new workplace protections from surgical smoke in hospitals signed into law by Gov. Newsom

California Nurses Association celebrates Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signing of A.B. 1007, a bill that requires the development and adoption of enforceable workplace health and safety protections from surgical smoke in California hospitals, authored by Assemblymember Liz Ortega and sponsored by CNA.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

October 7, 2023

Apple Valley RNs ratify new contract with improvements for patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, Calif., have overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new three-year union contract with hospital management, the culmination of a campaign persuading Providence management to invest in patient care improvements at the hospital.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

September 30, 2023

San Pedro nurses ratify a new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and staff retention

In a resounding victory for patient care, nurses at Providence Little Company Mary Medical Center in San Pedro, Calif., have overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year union contract with hospital management.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

September 30, 2023

UCSD nurses to protest unsafe overcrowding in emergency department

Registered nurses at UCSD Health Jacobs Medical Center in La Jolla, Calif., will hold a rally on Wednesday, Sept. 27 to demand an end to UC management’s unsafe practice of placing emergency room patients in hallways and areas that are not properly equipped or staffed. At times, there are as many as 75 patients who do not have a bed.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

September 25, 2023

UCSF Medical Center nurses speak out against hiring freeze, following increase in workplace violence

RNs at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF) will hold a public rally on Tuesday, Sept. 26 to demand that UCSF address critical and persistent patient care and workplace safety issues.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

September 22, 2023