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Nurses in front of California state capitol building holding banners and signs: "Insist on an RN"

Salinas Valley Health nurses overwhelmingly ratify new contract with precedent-setting gains

RNs at Salinas Valley Health Medical Center in Salinas, Calif., voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new four-year contract that features key gains to ensure retention and recruitment of nurses, enhance patient care and nursing practice, and includes new provisions for health and safety, prevention of workplace violence, and dedicated break relief protections.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
December 18, 2024

Four nurses inside hospital

Santa Clarita Valley nurses to hold solidarity candlelight vigil as they begin contract negotiations

Registered nurses at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, in Valencia, Calif., will hold a solidarity candlelight vigil on Monday, Dec.16, as they begin negotiations for a new union contract. RNs say their priorities for a new contract are improving patient care and working conditions at the hospital.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
December 13, 2024

Nurses outside, holding signs "Enloe Nurses United"

Enloe Health nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at Enloe Health in Chico, Calif., voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new four-year contract on Monday, Nov. 18, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 21, 2024

Group of nurses walking outside holding banner "AVH Nurses Union Strong" and signs "Nurses are the heart of patient care"

Antelope Valley Medical Center nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, Calif., voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new four-year contract on Nov. 19, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 21, 2024

Large group of nurses outside holding signs "Safe Staffing NOW", "Recruit, Retain, Respect RNs", and "Nurses are the heart of patient care"

San Joaquin County nurses to hold informational picket for safe staffing

Registered nurses across San Joaquin County will hold an informational picket at San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 19. They will protest management’s failure to meaningfully address their contract demands for improved patient safety and recruitment and retention of experienced nurses.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 15, 2024

AVMC nurses at informational picket

Antelope Valley Medical Center nurses strike averted

Registered nurses at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, California, will not move forward with a planned November 19 strike, as nurses reached a tentative agreement yesterday with AVMC management on a new union contract.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 14, 2024

Four nurses inside hospital, smiling, holding signs "Patients Before Profits" and "Our Community, Our Hospital"

Registered nurses vow to hold Tenet accountable after passage of Measure AA

Registered nurses who are employed at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif. and members of California Nurses Association issued a statement in response to the passage of Measure AA.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 13, 2024

Group of six nurses outside hospital, smiling, holding signs "Nurses are the hear of patient care"

Nurses at Antelope Valley Hospital give 10-day notice they plan to hold unfair labor practice strike

Registered nurses at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, Calif., gave notice to their employer that they will hold a one-day unfair labor practice strike on Nov. 19 after management’s failure to bargain in good faith, retaliation against nurses, and excessive delays during contract negotiations.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 11, 2024

Nurses rallying outside of Hemet Global Medical Center, holding signs "Our Community, Our Hospital"

Hemet Global Medical Center RNs successfully delay obstetrics closure

Hemet Global Medical Center registered nurses successfully prevented the planned Oct. 31, 2024 closure of the hospital’s obstetrics department. Nurses had previously warned that the hospital’s remaining staff would have neither the capacity nor the specialized training to adequately care for patients coming in for perinatal services.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 4, 2024

Two nurses smiling inside hospital

AHMC Whittier Hospital Medical Center and San Gabriel Valley Medical Center nurses and health care workers ratify new contract

Health care workers at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center in San Gabriel, California, and Whittier Hospital Medical Center in Whittier, California, voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new four-year contract on October 29 and 30, winning protections to improve patient safety and staff retention.

California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union
October 31, 2024