California Nurses Association

After more than a year of negotiations, the California Nurses Association, or CNA, and the university came to a tentative five-year contract agreement that would provide additional protections for UC nurses.

Half of the city council could see a change come November, and there are fourteen people running in total for the four district seats.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 union's strike was organized after members were forced to sign a contract with terms the union had rejected. Lead UC Berkeley AFSCME organizer Libertad Ayala addressed the crowd, saying the UC now understands the impact of the workers’ absence.

Chants arose from the picket circle on Sproul Plaza on Tuesday morning, heard by students who walked to their 8 a.m. finals.

As Sutter Health plans to transfer Berkeley’s only emergency medical center to its Oakland campus, Assemblymember Tony Thurmond, D-Richmond, authored a bill that puts more hurdles in the process for closing state health facilities.

UC San Francisco, or UCSF, Health and John Muir Health announced Wednesday that it will open the Berkeley Outpatient Center, which will not provide emergency services, in June.

Prosper’s last day is May 4, and Sutter Health, which owns Alta Bates, is currently searching for his replacement, according to a statement provided by Clayton Warren, the communications manager for Sutter Health Bay Area.

More than 350 community members joined the California Nurses Association late Saturday morning to oppose the proposed closure of Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley.

The California Nurses Association, or CNA — a statewide nurse union — hosted rallies across the state last Thursday to push for improved pay and patient care as nurses employed by the University of California continued to negotiate their contracts.