Assembly bill could stall Sutter Health hospital closure in Berkeley
As Sutter Health plans to transfer Berkeley’s only emergency medical center to its Oakland campus, Assemblymember Tony Thurmond, D-Richmond, authored a bill that puts more hurdles in the process for closing state health facilities.
By Sam Levin, The Daily Californian
University of California RNs Voting This Week on Possible Sympathy Strike with Other UC Employees
University of California registered nurses are voting this week on whether to authorize a “sympathy strike” in solidarity with another UC union if its members choose to go on strike over their collective bargaining contract dispute.
California Nurses Association
Apr 25, 2018
RN Jane Sandoval Talks About Recently Enacted Workplace Protection Rules
California healthcare employers are required by law to have comprehensive, unit-specific workplace violence prevention plans in place by April 1, 2018. National Nurses United and California Nurses Association fought long and hard for these protections.
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio
International Nurse News Round-Up
See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.
Global Nurses United
Kaiser RNs/NPs Ratify New Accord, Cite Safe Staffing Gains, Protection of RN Standards
In a series of membership meetings held throughout Northern and Central California, Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new five-year collective bargaining contract that they say will improve patient care staffing protections, as well as securing existing RN health and pension coverage.
California Nurses Association
Apr 23, 2018
International Nurse News Round-Up
See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.
Global Nurses United
International Nurse News Round-Up
See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.
Global Nurses United
Stanford ValleyCare, Pleasanton RNs Vote by 62 Percent to Join California Nurses Association/NNU
Citing the desire for improved patient care conditions, registered nurses at Stanford Health Care’s ValleyCare Medical Center in Pleasanton, CA voted by 62 percent Wednesday night to join the state’s largest RN union, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United.
California Nurses Association
Apr 19, 2018
NNU University Program Reception
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CNA Applauds First Vote on Bill to Strengthen Public Protections in Advance of Hospital and ER Closures
A bill to strengthen requirements for public notice and other requirements prior to hospital and emergency room closures or other major health services cuts passed its first legislative test late Tuesday afternoon in the California Assembly Health Committee.
California Nurses Association
Apr 18, 2018