Nurses Endorse Gun Safety, Death Penalty Repeal Measures
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United today announced support for several important initiatives on the California November ballot, notably Proposition 63, to strengthen gun safety, and Proposition 62 the latest bid to repeal the death penalty in California.
National Nurses United
Sep 26, 2016
Registered Nurses at SSM-Saint Louis University Hospital Vote Overwhelmingly to Approve New Contract
Registered nurses at SSM-Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo voted overwhelmingly to approve a new contract covering 660 RNs.
National Nurses Organizing Committee - Missouri
Sep 26, 2016
Oakland Council Opposes Closure of Berkeley's Only Hospital
Oakland City Council on Tuesday night voted unanimously to oppose the closure of Berkeley’s only hospital, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center.
Sydney Johnson, The Post News Group
Statement in Solidarity with Registered Nurses on Strike at Allina Health in the United States
Global Nurses United, which unites nurses and other health care workers in 20 countries around the world, stands in solidarity with the registered nurses at Allina Health in the State of Minnesota in the United States in their courageous struggle with management to secure safer care for patients and just working conditions for themselves.
Global Nurses United
Recipe for ripoffs: Pricing drugs by their 'value' to sick people
Heather Bresch, chief executive of pharmaceutical heavyweight Mylan, testified before lawmakers Wednesday that her company acted ethically and fairly when it jacked up the price of life-saving EpiPens by more than 500%.
David Lazarus, LA TImes
East Bay cities vote to oppose Alta Bates Closure
City Councils in Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, El Cerrito, and San Pablo have joined community opposition to the closure of Sutter Health’s Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley.
California Nurses Association
RNs at Hollister's Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital Reach Tentative Agreement on New Contract
Registered Nurses at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister, Ca. have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract ensuring vital patient care and nursing practice protections, the California Nurses Association announced today.
California Nurses Association
Sep 22, 2016
Battle over East Bay hospital closure draws hundreds to town hall meeting
BERKELEY, Calif. – A town hall meeting in Berkeley drew nearly two hundred people to talk about how to prevent the Alta Bates Summit Hospital in Berkeley from closing.
KTVU
Nurses Hold Town Hall to Say, 'Keep Alta Bates Hospital Open!'
On Wednesday, September 21, nurses, local leaders and community members will hold a town hall meeting in Berkeley on the negative health impact of Sutter's intention to close Alta Bates hospital by as early as 2018, the California Nurses Association (CNA) announced today.
California Nurses Association
Sep 21, 2016
SLU hospital nurses to vote on new contract with SSM Health
A year after SSM Health acquired Saint Louis University Hospital, nurses there will vote on a new contract that could improve working conditions and help the hospital attract other registered nurses.
By Eli Chen, St. Louis Public Radio