Nurses from major Placer County hospitals (Kaiser and Sutter Health) will be hosting a press conference to emphasize that Placer County hospitals are not doing enough to protect our communities.

The California Nurses Association (CNA), representing 100,000 registered nurses, strongly condemned the state Senate’s Labor, Public Employment, and Retirement committee for failing to pass SB 893 (Caballero), a bill that would have made nurses and other direct-care hospital workers automatically presumed eligible for workers compensation for infectious and respiratory diseases, including COVID-19, as well as musculoskeletal injuries, which nurses experience at extremely high rates.

National Nurses United endorsed the Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act, introduced on Friday by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, and U.S. Rep. Karen Bass.

HCA’s plan to end maternal health services at Regional Medical Center of San Jose appears to put the hospital in violation of its legal obligation as a Level II Trauma center, nurses said today.

Today National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the country, endorsed the fourth coronavirus stimulus package introduced by House Democrats.

On Tuesday, May 12th at 9:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM PT, nurses from National Nurses United (NNU) will host a streamed candlelight vigil to honor the more than 100 nurses who have lost their lives to COVID-19.

Palomar Health RNs, healthcare workers, and community supporters will hold a public action at noon on Monday, May 11 to demand the contract cancellation of Palomar Health CEO Diane Hansen and the rescinding of illegal layoff notices to 83 RNs and 121 healthcare workers.