Press Releases

Nurses: Beverly Hospital is Compromising Patient Care

Registered Nurses at Montebello’s Beverly Hospital joined together Thursday night holding candles on the street outside the hospital to call attention to practices that have lowered the standard of care in the hospital. “We’re nurses,” said Veronica Arellano, Telemetry R.N. “Every day we walk through the doors of Beverly Hospital, we bring the desire to ease pain, to help heal, and to provide top-notch care. But we can’t do that, because management won’t do the right thing.”

Congresswoman Judy Chu, Other Elected Leaders Speak Out Against Beverly Hospital’s Inaction

Congresswoman Judy Chu and other elected officials spoke at a rally in front of Beverly Hospital today in support of Registered Nurses who have been negotiating with the hospital for months in their fight to guarantee safe, quality patient care. “I urge Beverly Hospital to bargain in good faith, talk about the issues, and move forward,” Congresswoman Chu said. “Do right by these hardworking nurses.”

SPNN Nurses Ratify Contract With Strong Break Protections

Registered Nurses at Sharp HealthCare ratified their contract last night. The contract between United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals and Sharp covers 4,000 Registered Nurses at Chula Vista, Coronado, Grossmont, Mary Birch, Memorial and Mesa Vista hospitals; as well as non-hospital Sharp HealthCare nurses.

“Before this contract Sharp could and often did force Registered Nurses to work for ten hours without a meal break. We won ground breaking language that now requires Sharp to provide breaks to nurses without compromising patient care,” remarked Ken Deitz, RN, President of UNAC/UHCP.

“Our members are at the heart of patient care at Sharp hospitals,” said Christine McGovern, RN, President of the Sharp Professional Nurses Network (SPNN), a Home Health nurse who’s worked for Sharp for over 30 years. “We’re proud of our work, and proud that we’ve won a contract that reflects our commitment to quality patient care, with wages… Read more

Strike Avoided, St. Francis Registered Nurses Ratify Contract

Seven hundred Registered Nurses at St. Francis Medical Center (SFMC) ratified their contract, after a three day strike was averted. Less than 72 hours after hospital management received the strike notification, SFMC agreed to all major issues that had been holding up settlement of the contract.

St. Francis Registered Nurses Reach Tentative Settlement with Hospital

The September 3 Tentative Agreement on a new contract for 700 Registered Nurses at St. Francis Medical Center came just nine days before a 72 hour strike was to occur.

St. Francis Nurses Vote to Strike for Patient Safety

The Registered Nurses at St. Francis Medical Center voted overwhelmingly today to strike, after months of negotiations for a new contract in which they sought guarantees for safer staffing to improve patient care.

United Nurses Bring On Lobbyist Beth Capell to Advocate for Quality Patient Care and Health Care in State Capitol

The United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) is pleased to announce that Beth Capell has joined the Sacramento lobbying team of the Southern California-based nurses’ union.

Chino Valley RNs Win Final Legal Battle, Join United Nurses

UNAC/UHCP has been certified as the representative body for the Chino Valley RNs and the hospital must now sit down at the negotiating table.

Beverly Nurses Take First Step Toward Patient Safety

Nurses File for a Union Election to Join UNAC/UHCP In Order to Protect Patients

Montebello – Registered Nurses at Beverly Hospital filed for an official union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) this morning, as they seek to rectify long standing patient safety issues at the facility by joining the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP).  The next step for the NLRB is to set an election date, allowing more than 270 nurses in the bargaining unit to vote to join UNAC/UHCP, which currently represents more than 18,000 nurses across Southern California.

“We are organizing because we want our patients to be safe,” stated Mike Medrano, RN in the Emergency Room at Beverly Hospital.  “We are pressured to keep the ER open, even when we are short of staff and overwhelmed with patients. Management rarely staffs the ER according to state ratios, even when… Read more

UNAC/UHCP Celebrates Governor Jerry Brown’s Inauguration

Brown is sworn in as California’s 39th Governor