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News10 hospitals face another California nurse strike
Nurses in California are at it again: Roughly 6,000 registered nurses are planning to walk off the job at 10 hospitals on Dec. 22, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced Read more...
Kaiser sues nurse union over strike
Following what was reportedly the largest nurse strike in U.S. history, Kaiser Permanente on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against the California Nurses Association (CNA), alleging the union had Read more...
Nurses file complaint for Sutter lockout; some earn high wages
The California Nurses Association-National Nurses United (CNA-NNU) yesterday filed a federal complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging that Sutter Health violated labor laws while Read more...
Qualifications of traveling nurses questioned
Among other political issues, the qualifications of the replacement traveling nurses that filled in for California strikers are being called into question. During a 23,000-nurse strike affecting 33 Read more...
Why the nurses' strike isn't just a California problem
The troubles that plague California hospitals may have organizations elsewhere thanking their lucky stars that they aren't facing strikes (or a similar patient death due to a medical error attracting Read more...
Federal judge orders hospital to recognize nurses' union
In a move that gives hope to hospital labor unions and promotes proper management/worker relations, a Federal judge has ruled that Avanti Health System must recognize and bargain with the union Read more...
Mass layoffs follow purchase of beleaguered Alvarado Hospital
Less than two months after its purchase by Prime Healthcare Services, Alvarado Hospital announced it will lay off one-fourth of its staff effective March 13. The layoff will hit 249 employees Read more...
After nurse strike, hospital imposed two-day lockout
Upon returning from a 24-hour strike, nurses discovered they were locked out Wednesday from Watsonville (Calif.) Community Hospital, the Register-Pajaronian reports. Hospital security staff gave the Read more...
Lawsuit seeks to block new Sutter Health hospital
Less than a week after Sutter Health celebrated a groundbreaking for a $284 million hospital, critics filed a lawsuit to stop development on the hospital in Santa Rosa, Calif., the North Bay Business Read more...
Nursing group sues Sutter Health, CPMC for alleged discrimination
The California Nurses Associated filed a class-action lawsuit against Sutter Health and California Pacific Medical Center last Wednesday for banning the hiring of Filipino RNs. It also filed a Read more...
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