The last-minute alliance has infuriated other unions, which accused the SEIU-UHW of making a backroom deal that skirts the legislative process and puts patients, health care workers, and communities at risk.
The Daly City City Council will hold a town hall to discuss the failures of AHMC to address chronic understaffing, closing of service lines, and other problems at SMC.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
RNs at St. Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco, Calif., will hold an informational picket on Mon., Aug. 15, to alert the public to chronic short staffing across the hospital which jeopardizes patient safety.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Saint Joseph nurses say Providence is violating California’s safe staffing law, which mandates safe RN-to-patient staffing ratios. Ongoing payroll errors have resulted in missing pay for hundreds of nurses.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Registered nurses at Providence Saint John’s Health Center will hold an informational picket to protest the administration’s refusal to address chronic short staffing, which jeopardizes patient safety.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
The new collective bargaining agreement was ratified on July 27 with 98 percent of RNs’ support. The board of directors of Hazel Hawkins voted unanimously to approve the new contract at their July 28 board meeting.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
HCA agreed to hire 34 more full-time RNs to provide meal and rest breaks for nurses. Nurses say this will improve patient care, as studies clearly show that nurses who are fatigued and exhausted are more likely to make errors.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
