CNA press releases

Central Coast nurses to join 139 nationwide ‘May Day’ actions demanding COVID-19 protections for nurses, health care workers

Central Coast area nurses will be marking Friday, May 1—International Workers Day, also known as “May Day”—with shift change actions calling for optimal COVID-19 protections.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

April 30, 2020

San Diego VA Medical Center nurses to join 139 nationwide ‘May Day’ actions demanding COVID-19 protections for nurses, health care workers

San Diego VA nurses will be marking Friday, May 1—International Workers Day, also known as “May Day”—with lunch time action calling for optimal COVID-19 protections.

National Nurses United

April 30, 2020

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United statement on reopening the country

National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, strongly cautions that calls to “reopen the country” are premature when the threat of the virus causing COVID-19 is not yet behind us.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

April 28, 2020

Stanford ValleyCare nurses ratify new contract by overwhelming majority

Stanford ValleyCare registered nurses recently voted by an overwhelming majority to ratify their first contract with the California Nurses Association (CNA), the union&nbsp

California Nurses Association

April 28, 2020

San Leandro Hospital Nurses to Hold Shift Change Action to Sound Off on Alameda Health Systems’ Handling of the COVID-19 Pandemic

To demand the highest level of personal protective equipment (PPE) for nurses, including N95 masks, head to toe protection, safe placement for COVID-19 patients, safe staffing levels, and the end of disciplining frontline nurses caring for COVID-19 patients, registered nurses at San Leandro Hospital are holding an action and media availability during their shift change at 4:00 p.m., April 29...

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

April 28, 2020

Tri-City Medical Center and Palomar Health Nurses to Hold Solidarity Caravan with Supporters to Protest Layoffs and Furloughs of Health Care Workers

To protest and demand the rescinding of layoff and furlough notices of 24 RNs at Tri-City Medical Center, 83 RNs at Palomar Health, and 63 caregivers and health care employees at Palomar Health, registered nurses from Tri-City Medical Center and Palomar Health, along with CHEU members and community supporters will hold a solidarity caravan at 12:00 p.m., April 27, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United...

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

April 26, 2020

Sutter Health’s CPMC Van Ness Campus Nurses to Hold Rally at Shift Change to Demand Protections When Treating Patients with COVID-19

To highlight the lack of transparency regarding the hospital’s supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) and management’s lack of answers regarding staffing plans should a surge of infected COVID-19 patients occur, registered nurses at CPMC Van Ness Campus, part of Sutter Health’s California Pacific Medical Center, are holding an action and media availability during their shift change at 2:00 p.m., April 24...

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

April 23, 2020

Suspended Providence Saint John’s RNs Reinstated Registered Nurses Demand Disciplinary Actions be Rescinded

Faced with mounting public scrutiny for its suspension of 10 registered nurses who refused to care for COVID-19 patients without proper personal protective equipment, Providence Saint John’s Health Center on Tuesday reinstated all the suspended nurses – but still filed written warnings in their employment records, California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) announced.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

April 22, 2020

Nurses: HCA San Jose RNs to Protest Thursday Over Unsafe Staffing, Women’s Services Closure

Registered nurses at two HCA San Jose hospitals will hold social distancing actions Thursday to protest inadequate staffing and the threatened closure of maternal health care services, both of which they say will have harmful consequences for area patients.

California Nurses Association

April 22, 2020

Enloe Medical Center Nurses to Hold Candlelight Vigil at Shift Change to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19

To highlight the lack of transparency regarding the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE), management’s refusal to meet and discuss the hospital’s staffing plan should a surge in infected COVID-19 patients occur, and to describe current conditions and the need for more N95 respirators and other protective gear required to safely treat COVID-19 patients, registered nurses at Enloe Medical Center are holding a candlelight vigil and media availability at 8:00 p.m., April 22nd...

California Nurses Association

April 21, 2020