CNA press releases

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Nurses Ratify New 5-Year Contract

Registered nurses at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland are celebrating the overwhelming vote to approve a new five-year contract with the California Nurses Association (CNA).

California Nurses Association

December 20, 2018

RNs Call on Santa Clara County to Respect Patient, Nurse Rights in Takeover of O’Connor, St. Louise Hospitals

Registered nurses with the California Nurses Association (CNA) are holding a rally at the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday, Dec.

California Nurses Association

December 17, 2018

Providence St. Joseph Hospital Eureka Cited by State for Excessive Patient Restraint Use, RNs Call For Return of 'Sitters'

The California Department of Public Health (DPH) has found merit in a complaint from Providence St. Joseph Hospital Eureka registered nurses that the hospital excessively used patient restraints, rather than using Constant Care Attendants (or “sitters”), whose job is to protect patients in need of continuous care.

California Nurses Association

December 12, 2018

Nurses, Community Leaders Demand Sutter Health Make Firm Commitment to Retrofit Alta Bates Hospital

Registered nurses will hold a press conference Tuesday, December 11 as the Berkeley City Council is poised to address the community’s demand that Sutter Health be held accountable for providing a firm commitment by end of February 2019 to seismically retrofit and maintain Alta Bates Hospital as a full service acute-care hospital.

California Nurses Association

December 10, 2018

Nurses’ Voice Impacts California Attorney General Decision on Dignity/Catholic Health Initiatives Merger

After speaking up at hearings throughout the state, California nurses are seeing their demands reflected in the terms of California Attorney General (AG) Xavier Becerra’s approval of the merger bet

California Nurses Association

November 29, 2018

Registered Nurses Call One-Day Strike November 27 to Protest Eroding Patient Care Conditions at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica and Little Company of Mary Medical Center in San Pedro

“We are being asked to do more with less, and we don’t have the tools we need to give our patients the best quality care. Management is turning a deaf ear to our concerns and we feel we have no choice but to strike,” said Sudie Cunnane, a registered nurse at St. John’s Health Center for 24 years.

California Nurses Association

November 20, 2018

RN Response Network Sends Volunteer Nurses to Butte County in Aftermath of California Wildfires

The Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN) is sending volunteer nurses to Butte County, California to assist in responding to the disaster created by the deadly Camp Fire, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) announced today.

RN Response Network

November 16, 2018

RNs at Methodist Hospital of Southern California Vote to Join California Nurses Association

Registered nurses at Methodist Hospital of Southern California in Arcadia, CA voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to join the state’s largest RN union, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU). This vote represents the largest number of non-union nurses in Southern California to join a union in at least five years.

California Nurses Association

November 14, 2018

CNA Welcomes Growth of Activism, Expanded Opportunities For Transformative Change in California and Nationally

With much of the national focus on changing control of the House, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United today highlighted what may be the most significant, and lasting election d

California Nurses Association

November 7, 2018

NNU on Mid-Term Elections: Activism Grows, Expanding Opportunities For Transformative Change

With much of the national focus on changing control of the House, National Nurses United today highlighted what may be the most significant, and lasting election development–ongoing momentum for gr

National Nurses United

November 7, 2018