As Covid cases continues to surge, nurses fight gender bias in California labor law
Nurses often have to jump through hoops — while sick or hurt — to receive paid time off for work-related illnesses or injuries. And after all that effort, nurses can be denied coverage.
Bonnie Castillo, Executive Director of National Nurses United
Palomar RNs and caregivers hold informational picket to demand prioritizing patient safety
RNs and caregivers will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, Nov. 16 to call on Palomar to support a series of proposals aimed at improving staffing levels and strengthening safe patient care conditions.
California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union
Nov 15, 2021
Kaiser nurses to hold 24-hour sympathy strike Nov. 19 in solidarity with Kaiser engineers
Kaiser nurses will hold a 24-hour sympathy strike in solidarity with IUOE Stationary Engineers, Local 39 from 7 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 19 to 7 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 20.
California Nurses Association
Nov 11, 2021
Nurses urge rapid implementation of recommendations by President Biden’s Covid-19 Health Equity Task Force
RNs call on Biden administration and Congress to take action to end the pandemic, address structural racism, and prevent future pandemics.
National Nurses United
Nov 10, 2021
St. Mary Apple Valley nurses protest new hospital policy that jeopardizes safety of patients, coworkers, and community by pressuring nurses to work sick
Nurses will hold a picket to protest a new punitive attendance policy that will jeopardize the safety of their patients, coworkers, and community.
California Nurses Association
Nov 9, 2021
Kaiser nurses condemn new “Home All Alone” patient-dumping scheme designed to maximize profits by sacrificing safe patient care
Kaiser registered nurses will hold informational pickets on Wednesday, Nov. 10 to warn the public against Kaiser’s unsafe, new “Home All Alone” patient-dumping scheme that sends patients in need of hospitalization back home.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Nov 8, 2021
Kaiser Home All Alone Informational Pickets
Kaiser registered nurses across California will hold more than 20 informational pickets on Wednesday, Nov. 10 to warn the public against Kaiser’s unsafe, new “Home All Alone” patient-dumping scheme that sends patients in need of hospitalization back home, where they will be overseen remotely by health care providers located miles away.
Palomar Health nurses and caregivers hold virtual town hall urging focus on patients over profits
Registered nurses and caregivers will hold a virtual town hall on Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. to discuss how Northern San Diego County can save Palomar Health.
California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union
Nov 8, 2021
Home All Alone
The national hospital industry is peddling programs to treat acute-care patients in their homes.