CNA press releases

Ventura County nurses and health care professionals to hold vigil highlighting issues that jeopardize patient care

Registered nurses and health care professionals who work with the County of Ventura in Ventura, Calif., will hold a vigil to demand county management address ongoing staffing and retention problems which have intensified over the past few months and jeopardize patient care,

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

February 24, 2023

California nurses renew fight for guaranteed health care

Vowing never to back down against the corporate health care industry, CNA announced they are renewing their fight to pass CalCare. The legislation would guarantee free, comprehensive, high-quality health care to all California residents as a human right through a single-payer system.

California Nurses Association

February 17, 2023

Hayward nurses to hold informational picket to demand safe staffing at St. Rose Hospital

Registered nurses at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward, Calif. will hold an informational picket on Friday, Feb. 3 to protest chronic short staffing at the facility and to voice their deep concerns about staff retention.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

February 1, 2023

Nurses look forward after year of achievements – new year begins with national day of action for safe staffing

Following a year of major contract gains across the country, nurses are pledging to step up actions to demand the hospital industry end their profession’s staffing crisis by providing safe numbers of nurses to care for patients.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

January 25, 2023

California nurses will rally to uphold nation’s highest safe staffing standards

Thousands of registered nurse members of California Nurses Association will hold actions on Thursday, Jan. 26, to demand that, instead of scheming to evade and undermine the state’s nearly 20-year-old safe staffing law, the hospital industry immediately provides appropriate numbers of nurses so that RNs can protect their patients, their profession, and their communities.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

January 24, 2023

Concord nurses to hold informational picket about staffing crisis

Registered nurses at the John Muir Behavioral Health Center in Concord, Calif., will hold an informational picket on to raise awareness of chronic understaffing and high turnover rates at the hospital.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

January 20, 2023

Alta Bates Summit nurses to hold strike in Oakland and Berkeley

RNs at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center will hold a strike from Dec. 24 to Jan. 2 to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about working conditions, continuing education, and benefits.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

December 23, 2022

Hazel Hawkins nurses demand the hospital and county commit to maintain a full-service hospital without cuts to staffing and that preserves the community’s access to care

Hazel Hawkins is the only hospital in Hollister, a city of 43,000 people, and serves all of San Benito County. Last year, the hospital’s emergency room treated more than 21,000 patients.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

December 21, 2022

Alta Bates Summit nurses give notice they plan to strike, starting Dec. 24

Nurses at Sutter Health’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center gave notice that they will hold a strike to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ concerns about working conditions, continuing education, and benefits.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

December 14, 2022

21,000 Northern California Kaiser nurses ratify new four-year contract with strong recruitment, retention, and patient safety provisions

Union nurses at 21 Northern California Kaiser Permanente facilities voted over the past two weeks to ratify the new agreement.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

December 5, 2022