San Francisco, CA – To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) and demand safe staffing for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center Nurses, represented by California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, along with fellow University of California, San Francisco union members are holding an action and media availability during their break at noon, April 17^th to describe current conditions and the need for more N95 respirators and other protective gear required to safely treat COVID-19 patients, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing nurses’ union representing 150,000 registered nurses across the country.  

WHO: Registered nurses and members of California Nurses Association/ National Nurses United and members of Teamsters 2010, CIR-SEIU, UPTE-CWA, UAW 5810, and other UCSF unions

WHAT: Action and RN media availability to speak out against lack of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other protections for frontline health care workers. 

WHERE: UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay: 1975 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94518 

(Nurses will be speaking in the roundabout at the entrance to the Children’s Hospital Emergency Department. Parking is available on site.) 

WHEN: Friday, April 17 at 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.    

If you are interested in sending a camera crew to the press conference or in learning more about the situation at UCSF, registered nurses will be available for the press.