RNs condemn management lockout, cancellation of bargaining sessions

Nurses at MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae, Calif., will hold a strike for one day on Wednesday, Feb. 18, to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about nurse retention, patient care, and safe staffing. The nurses are represented by California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU).

Nurses gave notice of their strike on Feb. 6 to allow the hospital to make alternative plans for patient care. On Feb. 10, MarinHealth management told nurses that they would be locked out for an additional two days following their planned one-day strike. They also cancelled three previously scheduled bargaining sessions, including one scheduled the day before the strike.

“We condemn MarinHealth’s decision to lock out nurses as a ploy to intimidate nurses. We are striking to demand that MarinHealth invest in nurse retention, so we can continue to give our community the care they deserve” said Lynn Warner, RN in the progressive and metabolic care unit at MarinHealth. “We always want to give our patients the best care, but it is challenging to do that when we are stretched too thin and can’t take breaks during our 12-hour shift. We need more resource nurses to ensure patient and nurse safety.”

Who:    Registered nurses at MarinHealth Medical Center

What:   One-day strike for patient safety and a fair contract

When:  Wednesday, Feb. 18, 7 a.m. to Thursday, Feb. 19, 6:59 a.m., rally at noon

Where: MarinHealth Medical Center, 250 Bon Air Rd, Greenbrae, Calif.

MarinHealth nurses have been in contract negotiations since June 2025 with little to no movement on key issues. The RNs urge management to invest in nursing staff and agree to a contract that provides appropriate staffing so nurses can take proper meal and rest breaks, improvements to address recruitment and retention, and affordable health care.

“MarinHealth nurses love our jobs and are really dedicated to our patients and our community,” said Krystle Davis, RN in the emergency department at MarinHealth. “Safe staffing and maintaining our health benefits is the key to retaining and recruiting nurses.”

The nurses held an informational picket in December but management has not addressed the patient safety concerns raised by nurses in their proposals.

CNA represents more than 700 nurses at MarinHealth Medical Center.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United is the largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of registered nurses in the nation with more than 100,000 members in more than 200 facilities throughout California and more than 225,000 RNs nationwide.