California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has fined Sutter Health’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center $155,250 for numerous, serious Covid-related workplace safety violations following an investigation after the July 2020 death of registered nurse Janine Paiste-Ponder.
Registered nurses at Alameda Hospital in Alameda, Calif. and San Leandro Hospital in San Leandro, Calif., recently ratified a pair of collective bargaining agreements that will improve their ability to provide safe patient care as well as recruit and retain experienced nurses at these two public facilities.
Registered nurses are calling for the community to stand with RNs in opposition to the planned closure of maternal child health services, including labor and delivery, at Sutter Solano Medical Center in Vallejo, CA.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Registered nurses at Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna, Calif. have joined the growing community campaign opposed to the closure of the hospital’s labor and delivery (L&D) unit.
Registered nurses and concerned community members will hold a car rally and caravan on Saturday, March 6, 2021, to demand that Olympia Medical Center remain open as Los Angeles County continues to face a serious public health crisis.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Registered nurses at John Muir Behavioral Health Center in Concord, Calif., have voted by 62 percent to join the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, choosing to affiliate with the state’s largest RN labor union.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Antelope Valley Hospital registered nurses will speak out at tomorrow’s Antelope Valley Healthcare District Board of Directors’ meeting and deliver a petition of “no confidence” in AVH CEO Edward Mirzabegian. Nurses are calling on the board of directors to hold the hospital administration accountable for staffing and safe patient care amid ongoing contract negotiations.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Registered nurses in San Joaquin County’s health system have temporarily called off the three-day strike, that was set to start on Feb. 27, as the county stated that it is committed to bargain in good faith to reach a final contract agreement.
Renewing its commitment to the larger fight for health care justice, the California Nurses Association (CNA) is pleased to sponsor Assembly Bill 1400 (Kalra), the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act (CalCare), which would guarantee comprehensive, high-quality health care to all California residents as a human right.
Registered nurses from Barton Memorial Hospital will be conducting a virtual town hall to inform the community about how Barton has used the pandemic to refuse to bargain a fair contract with nurses at a time when nurses are already under extreme stress.
