Nurses Catch Assembly Speaker in Lie About Healthy California Bill

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The nearly 100,000 registered nurses of the California Nurses Association (CNA)—co-sponsors of SB 562, the Healthy California Act, which would guarantee healthcare to all Californians—strongly condemn California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon’s statement that SB 562 sponsors have “sat on their hands and done nothing the past six months.”
California Nurses Association
Jan 4, 2018

Editorial: Protect Bayfront’s safety net of care

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For generations, Bayfront hospital in St. Petersburg has been where poor and uninsured residents regularly turned for quality health care. Now the hospital’s for-profit owner has offered to buy the minority stake owned by a local nonprofit that acts as a watchdog, which would silence the last community voice in the hospital’s operations. It might make financial sense for the nonprofit, but Bayfront remains a critical safety net and city officials must take additional steps to preserve and protect that mission.

Scott Keeler, Tampa Bay Times

Nurses Plan Candlelight Vigil in Redding December 28 to Raise Community Awareness of Patient Care Concerns at Shasta Regional Medical Center

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Registered Nurses at Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in Redding will hold a candlelight vigil Thursday, December 28, to draw the community's attention to critical patient care issues SRMC management and Prime Healthcare Services, the parent company, have refused to address in a timely manner.

California Nurses Association
Dec 28, 2017

Encore of RN and NNU Co-President Deborah Burger's "State of the Nurses Union"

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This week we share one of the most critical Nurse Talk Radio interviews of 2017---The State Of The Union with RN and Co-President of National Nurses United, Deborah Burger. At a time when the Republican Party is set on the destruction of organized labor in this country National Nurses United (the largest Union of Registered Nurses with over 150,000 members) is gaining members and momentum both nationally and globally. "When fighting for our patients, nurses are stronger when we come together" said Burger.

Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio

Arcata City Council Votes Unanimously to Support Healthy California Act SB 562

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he Arcata City Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to support SB 562 - the Healthy California Act, a bill that would guarantee healthcare, including comprehensive dental care, to all California residents, slash patient and family costs for care, and ensure real patient choice.
California Nurses Association
Dec 21, 2017

Nurses at Hemet Valley Med Center Win Economic Improvements, Strengthen Contract Protections

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Registered Nurses at Hemet Valley Medical Center in southern Riverside County have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year collective bargaining agreement that will provide economic improvements while rebuffing reductions in contract protections, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced today.

RNs at Hemet are voting on the proposed agreement in membership meetings at the hospital today. CNA represents 300 nurses at the facility.

California Nurses Association
Dec 21, 2017

Michael Moore's movie SICKO. Ten years later, have things changed?

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In 2007 our Senior Healthcare Correspondent and Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America Donna Smith, appeared in Michael Moore’s groundbreaking documentary about the American Healthcare System “SICKO”. Nine years later and we ask Donna how or if we’ve made any progress on Healthcare In this country.

Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio

Ventura County Nurses Vote Overwhelmingly to Ratify New Contract

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Ventura County nurses voted overwhelmingly Tuesday night to ratify new contracts for both 550 registered nurses and 150 per-diem nurses that will strengthen patient care conditions, the California Nurses Association announced today.

California Nurses Association
Dec 20, 2017