Local Updates

LA County RNs Fight for Patient Safety

Hundreds of nurses throughout Los Angeles county are speaking out on behalf of patients. Nurses are identifying patient safety violations - violations which endanger patient safety and put our licenses at risk. "Our solution would enhance our ability to provide the highest level of care for our patients while saving the county money. But management would have to listen and be open to our ideas."
- Al Thompson, Chair, Local 721 RN Bargaining Unit

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Riverside County Workers Win New Agreement After Member Action Jump-Starts Contract Talks

Riverside County workers have an official memorandum of understanding. The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted to ratify the SEIU Local 721 contract, in which members gained overtime rights, limited furloughs and a fairness agreement among all county employees. Nurses played a key role in fighting to preserve services for residents of Riverside County.

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Local 1000 Nurses Asked to Track Mandated Furlough Days

The governor’s mandated furlough days continue to cause great anxiety and hardship to our state Registered Nurses. Each department, and at times each facility, have set up their own rules. In many of the 24/7 facilities RN’s are told they CANNOT use furlough days. So, it is clear that those facilities are working the RN’s without pay.

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Safety Conditions Melt Down at Alameda County Medical Center's Fairmont Hospital

"I can honestly say I felt safer working in the jail [where I used to work] than I do here." That's the word from Valery Myers, a nurse and SEIU 1021 member at Alameda County's Fairmont Hospital, who joined with her co-workers on Wednesday, April 8 in a rally against unsafe working conditions at the hospital.

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ACMC Workers Stand Behind SEIU

The Alameda County Medical Center (ACMC) Workers’ Bargaining Team of SEIU 1021 delivered to management hundreds of members' signatures pledging support for their 2009 Contract Campaign -- and rejecting NUHW’s attempt to divide and weaken members' bargaining strength during an extraordinary attack by management.

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SEIU 121RN Setting New Standards

SEIU 121RN Members at CHW Hospitals Northridge and St Johns Win Ground Breaking Wage Increases in Excess of 31% over the next 4 years

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Local 1000 Nurses Sign 17 Tentative Agreements, Win Improved RN Supervision Language

On January 14, the Registered Nurses of Local 1000 Bargaining Unit 17 reached tentative agreement on 17 articles. This came on the heels of a package proposal received from the state earlier that same week.

"For the first time, the state actually came to negotiate with Bargaining Unit 17," said Nancy Lyerla, Bargaining Unit 17 chair. Language covering RN supervision was one of the 17 tentative agreements reached.

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Local 721 Nurse Advocate: January 2009

At Local 721, L.A. County RNs won two important grievances protecting RNs’ right to time off for CEU courses and the right to proper notification when changes are made to timecards.

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Riverside County Nurses: Lagging Wages Produce Hidden Costs for Taxpayers

Jessica Ferguson, RN

Riverside County RN wages are lower than their Southern California counterparts’, and that’s hurting staff retention and creating hidden costs for taxpayers. Read what RN Jessica Ferguson told top County leaders...

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Local 521 Nurses Win Glenda Canfield Award

Pictured L-R: Carmen Morales, Ernest Harris, Carmen Cruise

For their work in putting together an educational program for nurses, SEIU Local 521 members Carmen Morales and Carmen Cruise (both from Kern County) and 521 staff member Ernest Harris received the Glenda Canfield Award from the SEIU Nurse Alliance of California.

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SEIU Local 721 Wins RN Taskforce Formation

Luz Diaz, RN

CEO Bill Fujioka announces his full intent to work with SEIU 721 to establish a high level LA County RN Labor-Management task force which would assess the current RN classification system and recommend necessary changes.

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Registration Form for Legislative Conference

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