CNA press releases

Desert Regional nurses demand transparency and public input in negotiations on proposed lease and sale of critical public hospital

Registered nurses at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif. demand the Desert Healthcare District involve them and the public as the district considers or negotiates contracts regarding either the sale or lease of the public hospital.

California Nurses Association

November 27, 2023

Hazel Hawkins RNs and health care workers to deliver community petition to San Benito County Health Care District

Registered nurses at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister, California, will present the San Benito County Health Care District a community petition with more than 1,500 signatories at the district’s scheduled meeting on Thursday, November 16.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

November 15, 2023

Fremont nurses to protest unsafe patient care proposals and cuts to health care benefits

Registered nurses at Washington Hospital in Fremont, California, will hold an informational picket on Monday, November 13 to protest unsafe and disrespectful proposals put forward by management during contract negotiations.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

November 10, 2023

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