Contra Costa County Nurses, Nurse Practitioners to Picket Thurs. Sept. 13, Citing Safe Patient Care Concerns
Contra Costa County registered nurses (RNs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) will be holding an informational picket, Thursday, Sept. 13 at Contra Costa County Medical Center to highlight concerns about patient safety, unsafe staffing and overall poor working conditions at Contra Costa County, the California Nurses Association announced today.
California Nurses Association
Sep 12, 2018
Nurses Demand Answers at Dignity Health/Catholic Health Initiatives Merger Hearings
At a series of upcoming impact hearings held by the California State Attorney General’s office, registered nurses with the CNA/NNU will demand to know how the proposed merger between Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) will impact patient health and safety, healthcare access, and maintenance of charity care standards.
California Nurses Association
Sep 12, 2018
Registered Nurses, Doctors, Hospital Workers, Social Justice Advocates, and Community Leaders Demand Ascension Saves Providence
Registered nurses, doctors, social justice advocates, hospital workers, and faith-based community members demand that Providence Hospital in D.C. remain open as a fully functioning hospital with acute-care services.
National Nurses Organizing Committee
Sep 11, 2018
Sunday Sept. 9 Stroller Brigade to Save Alta Bates Medical Center Parading in Solano Stroll, Berkeley
On Sunday Sept. 9, community members, elected officials and registered nurses will lead a brigade of strollers in the Solano Stroll parade, starting in Berkeley, to protest Sutter Health's proposed closure of Alta Bates Medical Center, the city's only acute care medical facility and the birthplace of thousands of East Bay residents.
California Nurses Association
Sep 7, 2018
National Nurses United Statement on Potential Reopening of Affinity Medical Center Under New Operator
National Nurses Organizing Committee-Ohio/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) today applauded the announcement of a move to reopen the former Affinity Medical Center, now known as Massillon Regional Medical Center, under new operator Paramount Matrix Healthcare.
National Nurses Organizing Committee - Ohio
Sep 6, 2018
7000 Registered Nurses at 15 HCA-Affiliated Hospitals in 5 States Vote Overwhelmingly to Authorize Strike
Registered nurses at 15 HCA-affiliated hospitals in Florida, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, and Nevada, have voted by an overwhelming majority to authorize their nurse negotiators to call a strike, if the issues RNs have been raising in ongoing contract negotiations remain unresolved, the NNOC announced today.
National Nurses Organizing Committee
Sep 4, 2018
In Pursuit of Social Justice, Unions are the Answer
Unions are where the very stuff of our survival — wages and benefits, workplace safety and workplace justice, human rights and bargaining rights — come into play. Unions are the only way working people have ever found the voice — and power — they need to fight and win against giant corporations, and the billionaires who control them.
Bonnie Castillo, RN, Executive Director of National Nurses United
CNA on Bankruptcy of Verity Health Care: Potential Buyer(s) Must Keep Hospitals Open, Retain Current Patient Services and Honor Collective Bargaining Rights
In response to the announcement that Verity Health Care System (Verity) is filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the California Nurses Association (CNA) is calling on any or all prospective buyers of the hospital chain to keep open all six hospitals, retain current patient services, and honor the collective bargaining rights and current standards for Verity employees.
California Nurses Association
Aug 31, 2018
Emanuel Medical Center Nurses Ratify Contract
Registered nurses at Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock voted by a 98% margin to join the California Nurses Association (CNA) last year. This week they celebrate the overwhelming vote to approve their first contract with CNA. The pact, covering more than 360 registered nurses at the hospital, features patient care and wage and benefit improvements through 2021and brings the nurses under the umbrella of a statewide contract between CNA and the hospital’s parent company, Tenet Healthcare.
California Nurses Association
Aug 30, 2018