S.B. 1334 will ensure that public-sector employees who provide direct patient care or support direct patient care will be covered by Section 512 of the California Labor Code, guaranteeing meal breaks and rest periods for nurses.
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied the emergency petition filed by NNU and other labor organizations and unions.
More than 22,000 RNs and nurse practitioners at 22 Kaiser Permanente facilities will hold info pickets on Thurs., Sept. 1, to protest the administration’s refusal to address their deep concerns about health and safety and chronic short staffing.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
RNs at HCA Healthcare’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., will hold a rally on Thurs., Aug. 25, to protest management’s refusal to address chronic short staffing that jeopardizes patient safety.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
The last-minute alliance has infuriated other unions, which accused the SEIU-UHW of making a backroom deal that skirts the legislative process and puts patients, health care workers, and communities at risk.
