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Breakthrough – Tentative Pacts for Sutter Alta Bates, Cal Pacific Hospital RNs

Registered nurses at some of the biggest hospitals in San Francisco and the East Bay have reached breakthrough agreements with Sutter Health, capping a wave of contract settlements for some 8,000 RNs that follow years of contentious disputes that have in prior years included short term strikes and other multiple protests, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced today.

California Nurses Association
March 3, 2016

Today Students, Nurses, and Activists Rally at California Democratic Convention to Support Bernie

On Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, students, registered nurses, and other union and community members will rally at the California Democrats State Convention to show support for presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders.

National Nurses United
February 27, 2016

Nurses Cite Concerns over Health Risks on Major Huntington Hospital Expansion

The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United today cited significant concerns over health risks associated with a major expansion at Huntington Memorial Hospital that nurses say are inadequately addressed in a draft environmental impact report prepared for the city of Pasadena.

California Nurses Association
February 22, 2016

Nurses Plan Rally to Protest Eroding Patient Care Conditions at Southern California Hospital

Registered nurses at Southern California Hospital at Culver City (SCHCC) will rally in front of the hospital Tuesday morning to protest eroding patient care conditions announced the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United today.

California Nurses Association
February 22, 2016

Nurses Demand PHCD Board Require Highest Standards of Care from Companies Vying for Long-term Lease

This week the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United called upon the Petaluma Health Care District (PHCD) Board of Directors, to guarantee that a set of conditions assuring the highest standards of care be met by the two companies it is considering for the long-term lease of Petaluma Valley Hospital (PVH) in 2017.

California Nurses Association
February 19, 2016

Registered Nurses at Kindred Westminster Ratify First CNA Contract

Registered nurses at Kindred Hospital Westminster (KHW) in Westminster, Ca. are celebrating the ratification of their first-ever collective bargaining agreement—overwhelmingly approved this week—the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) announced today.

California Nurses Association
February 4, 2016

NLRB Rules in Favor of Illegally Terminated Huntington Memorial Nurses

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced on Friday, January 29, that they found merit to all the allegations that registered nurses, Allysha Almada and Vicki Lin, were illegally fired from Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena. Nurses will hold a press conference on Thursday to celebrate the NLRB decision and discuss next steps in their efforts to improve the quality of patient care and form a union at the hospital.

California Nurses Association
February 4, 2016

Nurses, Community Members Call on Marin General to Improve Patient Care

Registered nurses and Marin community members will hold a candlelight vigil at Marin General Hospital today to highlight growing concerns over unsafe staffing levels and reductions in the quality of patient care, California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced.

California Nurses Association
January 27, 2016

Nurses Urge California AG to Deny Application for Merger of St. Joseph Health System and Providence

The nation's largest nurses organization, National Nurses United, this week called on California Attorney General Kamala Harris to reject efforts by two large Catholic hospital systems to consolidate, in a merger that NNU warns could have a major impact on the cost, quality and availability of critical hospital services.

California Nurses Association
January 15, 2016

Mills-Peninsula Sutter RNs Ratify New Contract

Registered nurses who work at Mills-Peninsula Health Services hospitals in San Mateo and Burlingame, Ca. voted by 92 percent Wednesday to approve a new contract becoming the latest Sutter RNs to win a new collective bargaining agreement with significant gains.

California Nurses Association
January 14, 2016