Santa Monica nurses to hold an informational picket to demand safe patient care
Registered nurses at Providence Saint John’s Health Center will hold an informational picket to protest the administration’s refusal to address chronic short staffing, which jeopardizes patient safety.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Jul 29, 2022
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital RNs ratify four-year contract with wins for patients, nurses
The new collective bargaining agreement was ratified on July 27 with 98 percent of RNs’ support. The board of directors of Hazel Hawkins voted unanimously to approve the new contract at their July 28 board meeting.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Jul 28, 2022
Supported California legislation
California Nurses Association is committed to building a broad movement for transformative social change and confronting the powerful interests that dominate our economic and political system. We are proud to support legislation that reflects nurses’ values of caring, compassion, and community.
Nurses urge the CDC to take immediate action to strengthen Covid-19 guidance to protect public health
NNU sent a letter to the CDC urging the agency to take immediate action in the face of elevated transmission of Covid-19 around the country, the dominance of the extremely contagious and immune evasive BA.5 variant, and the development of additional Omicron subvariants.
National Nurses United
Jul 21, 2022
Registered nurses at San Jose’s two HCA hospitals ratify 3-year contract with multiple provisions to improve patient care
HCA agreed to hire 34 more full-time RNs to provide meal and rest breaks for nurses. Nurses say this will improve patient care, as studies clearly show that nurses who are fatigued and exhausted are more likely to make errors.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Jul 15, 2022
About our Racial Justice campaign
As patient advocates dedicated to preventing and healing all forms of illness, protecting health and safety, and alleviating human suffering, union nurses play an active role in dismantling structural racism.
Women leaders urge Senate to pass workplace violence prevention legislation
A group of organizations representing millions of women across the country is urging the U.S. Senate to pass the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, a bill that would protect health care and social service workers from violence on the job.
National Nurses United
Jul 14, 2022
Bargaining victories
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