California Nurses Association

Nurses at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center ratified their collective bargaining agreement on March 3, ending a 21-month long contract struggle with Sutter Health.

Nurses at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center have called a 10 day strike beginning on Dec. 24, according to a press release by California Nurses Association/National Nurses United. 

Berkeley Vice Mayor and incumbent Kate Harrison has won the race for Berkeley City Council District 4 with 917 votes as of 7:40 a.m. Wednesday with 100% of the precincts accounted for. 

Registered nurses at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland and Berkeley will go on strike from Oct. 24 to Oct. 28 because of “persistent patient care issues."

Registered nurses at UCLA Medical Center and UCSF Medical Center are holding rallies and press conferences Wednesday to address issues of patient care, staffing shortages and lack of protective equipment, Palacios noted. The rally and press conferences will be held at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center and UCSF Parnassus. 

As the COVID-19 pandemic brings safety challenges to local hospitals, Berkeley and Oakland health workers are calling for stronger protective measures from hospital leadership.

A Bay Area project aims to provide front-line workers struggling with the trauma of the COVID-19 crisis with free counseling from more than 450 licensed psychotherapists.

Health care workers at UCSF held a day of action Friday to honor COVID-19 health care workers, as well as to demand increased personal protective equipment and testing from the UC system.

Mayor Jesse Arreguín and City Council members Lori Droste and Kate Harrison are proposing a $50,000 budget to support an outreach coordinator, who would educate the community about the health impacts of closing Alta Bates Summit Medical Center.

The University of California and the California Nurses Association, or CNA, announced Monday their four-year labor contract that will affect nearly 14,599 registered nurses affiliated with the UC system.