CNA Wages War Against UHW in California Claiming Attempt to Suspend Staffing Ratios
A war has erupted between two health care unions in California over an attack by one of the unions on the state's nurse-to-patient ratios.
BNA/Bloomberg
CNA and SEIU-UHW Battle Over Labor's Future
Going public with longstanding concerns about SEIU-UHW's partnership with the hospital industry, California Nurses Association leader RoseAnn DeMoro called SEIU-UHW head Dave Regan “overtly disgraceful†and “an enormous embarrassment to the labor movement†in a June 14 email.
BeyondChron
Health Care Unions In California Split Over Nurse-To-Patient Ratios
One labor union’s position on nurse-to-patient ratios in California hospitals has outraged other unions that represent registered nurses in the state. In California, hospitals are required by law to maintain certain nurse-to-patient ratios at all times -- a hard-won legal stipulation that went into effect in 2004 and has wide support among nurses as well as patient advocates in the state.
California RNs Kick off Healthcare Tour in San Diego 6/19, with Screenings and Town Hall
Local stats show great need for healthcare overhaul—22% of adults uninsured, 13% of adults unable to see a doctor due to cost.
Jun 15, 2012
California RNs to Host Health Screenings, Town Hall Meetings Across State
With the U.S. Supreme Court decision expected imminently on the fate of the 2010 healthcare law, nurses, physicians, and healthcare activists will begin a three-week tour of California cities Tuesday as a reminder that the healthcare crisis continues to worsen and genuine, comprehensive reform is still needed.
Jun 15, 2012
California Hospitals, with Help From UHW-SEIU Local, Launch New Attack on Life-Saving Ratio Law
The California Hospital Association, with the dogged assistance of United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW), is waging a new campaign to overturn California’s historic law mandating minimum nurse-to-patient ratios, a landmark state law that has been proven to save thousands of patient lives.
Jun 15, 2012
Urgent Letter to California State Legislature
The proposed budget language to suspend the nurse-to-patient ratios for every patient on every unit in the acute care hospitals for the entire period that nurses are away from their patient assignment for meal and rest breaks undermines patient safety in every hospital setting.
Legislature’s Interference With Women’s Health Care Decisions Puts Lives At Risk
Michigan--The Legislature’s restrictions on women’s ability to make their own decisions about their reproductive health do the exact opposite of their stated intention to increase safety, the Michigan Nurses Association said today in condemning this week’s passage of legislation in the state House.
Michigan Nurses Association
Jun 14, 2012
Sutter RNs Strike to Stop Cuts That Would Harm Patient Care
Registered nurses from nearly a dozen hospitals in California walked out on the job, grabbed picket signs and held a one-day strike Wednesday to protest massive cuts to patient care and RN livelihood. Many marched outside Sutter Health hospitals in the Bay Area where the corporation is proposing some 100 widespread reductions in patient services and RN contract standards.
CNA Blog
Health Insurance Fine Print Still Written in Blood
With great fanfare this week, the Washington Post reports that United Healthcare plans to keep key consumer provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act no matter what the Supreme Court rules about the individual insurance purchase mandate. It sounds so, well, friendly and reasonable, doesn’t it? But read it again and then I want to tell you what that really says to America’s patients and to United Healthcare’s policyholders.
Donna Smith, NNU Community Organizer