Sutter stalling at the bargaining table for patient care improvements

Nurses and health care workers at 13 facilities across Northern California will hold informational pickets the week of Nov. 9, announced California Nurses Association (CNA) and CNA affiliate Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union (CHEU) today.

Nurses notified their employer on Oct. 29 that they would hold informational pickets across the region. Sutter nurses have been in negotiations since early August 2026 for a new contract with little to no movement on key issues. The RNs and health care workers are urging management to invest in nursing staff and agree to a contract that provides:

• Improved core staffing and safety;
• Protections for RNs and patients against untested AI systems in healthcare; and
• Provisions that guarantee recruitment and retention of nurses. 

“After three months at the table with Sutter, and dozens of proposals presented, it is clear that management is not taking us seriously,” said Jessica Fernandez, RN in the ICU at Sutter Delta Medical Center. “Sutter needs to show up to negotiations prepared with meaningful responses, not excuses and delays.”

“Sutter’s reputation precedes itself when it comes to negotiations,” said Richelle Mas, RN in the telemetry unit at Mills Peninsula Medical Center. “We know that Sutter has a track record of prioritizing their bottom line over patient safety and proper staffing at the bedside. We need to take a stand now.”

Who: Registered nurses and health care workers at 13 Sutter Health facilities
What: Informational pickets and strikes for patient safety and a fair contract
When: Nov. 9-13, see below of dates and specific times
Where: See below for location information

California Nurses Association represents more than 10,000 nurses and health care workers across Sutter hospitals in Northern California.

Picket times and locations

Monday, Nov. 9

Eden Medical Center
20103 Lake Chabot Rd.
Castro Valley, CA 94546
7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Sutter Roseville Medical Center
1 Medical Center Dr.
Roseville, CA, 95661
7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 10

Sutter Delta Medical Center
3901 Lone Tree Way
Antioch, CA 94509
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center (CHEU members only)
Summit Campus
350 Hawthorne Ave.
Oakland, CA 94609
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Novato Community Hospital
180 Rowland Way
Novato, CA 94945
6:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Sutter Tracy Community Hospital
1420 N. Tracy Blvd.
Tracy, CA 95376
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital
30 Mark West Springs Rd.
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
6:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 11

Mills Peninsula Medical Center
1501 Trousdale Drive
Burlingame, CA 94010
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sutter Center for Psychiatry
7700 Folsom Boulevard
Sacramento, CA 95826
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Sutter Solano
300 Hospital Drive
Vallejo, CA 94589
7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Friday, Nov. 13

CPMC- Davies Campus
601 Duboce Ave.
San Francisco, CA
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Sutter Lakeside
5176 Hill Rd. E
Lakeport, CA 95453
6:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Sutter Coast
800 East Washington Boulevard
Crescent City, CA 95531
2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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.