Garden Grove

Board of Registered Nursing is Restored

Governor Brown Vetoes Board of Nursing Renewal Bill — Write Your Legislators So We Can Get it Back ASAP

UNAC/UHCP Rallies Against Prime Healthcare for Good Jobs and Fair Treatment for RNs

UNAC/UHCP members rallied Monday against the business practices of Prime Healthcare, Inc., the rich, for-profit hospital chain that owns Chino Valley Medical Center and Garden Grove Hospital. We rallied with union construction workers from IBEW Local 11 who are calling on Prime to pay wages in line with area standards on their construction projects at facilities like San Dimas Community Hospital, where the rally was held.

The rally came on the same day that an… Read more

Judge Finds Chino Valley Medical Center Guilty of Egregious Misconduct Against RNs

UNAC/UHCP and Allies Win–Attorney General Blocks Sale of Victor Valley Community Hospital to Prime

UNAC/UHCP Testifies Against Prime Healthcare’s Expansion in Victor Valley

At a hearing in Victorville on August 17, we urged the California State Attorney General not to approve the sale of Victor Valley Community Hospital to Prime Healthcare. Prime owns Garden Grove Hospital and Chino Valley Medical Center. Nurses, families of patients victimized by Prime, community groups, doctors and other unions all packed Victorville City Hall to oppose Prime.

Download the leaflet we distributed at the hearing: United Nures Stand Against Outlaw Prime.

Garden Grove… Read more

Have you received your Retro Check?

As part of our new contract everyone should have received a retro check. If you have not please contact one of your officers.

UNAC/UHCP Rallies in San Diego in Support of UFCW

UNAC/UHCP Garden Grove Members Voice Support for UFCW Workers

Garden Grove RNs Ratify New Contract With Raises Overwhelmingly

Garden Grove Registered Nurses voted overwhelmingly Tuesday, June 19 to approve a new contract that includes wage increases retroactive to October, 2010, and several contract improvements including bonuses, differentials and new holidays, while holding the line against proposed takeaways of our reserve sick bank and other benefits.
 
Members turned out in large numbers to hear details of the contract and to vote.
 
We won this contract through our willingness… Read more

Prime Healthcare Investigation Continues

Don’t Sign Away Your Contract — Board of Inquiry Meetings Next Month

Next month, the Garden Grove Registered Nurses Association (GGRNA)/UNAC will be going to the Board of Inquiry to settle the following issues in our contract:
• Prime Healthcare has proposed a low wage scale and wage caps for 60% of the RNs. That would mean 60% of us would get no wage increase. GGRNA is fighting for fair wage increases for everyone, with a scale that recognizes our seniority/expertise. We will not accept wage… Read more

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In the last year, UNAC/UHCP has emailed out critical information to members about contract negotiations, license notices, and health care benefits. Don’t be left out because we don’t have your email address. Send us your email address at publicaffairs@unac-ca.org along with your name and your affiliate.

AAOC Update: Our Union, Our Vision

“The stronger we are, the stronger our union is,” Helen Bouman, RN and President of UNAC/UHCP’s Garden Grove affiliate, told the other Affiliate Officers this afternoon, as they worked together to lay out a vision for the future of the union over the next ten years.

Bouman told how Garden Grove nurses stood together when their hospital’s new owner unilaterally withdrew their sick leave accrual. The nurses filed a grievance, submitted evidence, and ultimately won… Read more

UNAC/UHCP Retiree Council Plans Next Steps

Important Alerts for GGRNA Members

Alert 1: YOUR CONTRACT HAS NOT EXPIRED! Contrary to recent statements from management, your GGRNA Collective Bargaining Agreement remains in full force and effect until a successor agreement is reached with Prime Healthcare.  That means anything provided for in your 2007-2010 contract is still in place and will remain in place until we have negotiated and ratified a new contract.  Do not be fooled by anyone telling you “Your contract is expired so it no… Read more

GGRNA Bargaining Update

Your Bargaining Team last met with Prime Healthcare negotiators in November when negotiations stalled. Prime continues to propose ‘take-aways’ which GGRNA, UNAC/UHCP cannot agree to. As provided for in your contract, a Board of Inquiry or ‘BOI’ has been scheduled for July 19, 21 and 26 with a Mediator/Arbitrator. We will continue to argue our proposals at that time. Until then we must be patient and stand strong in our resolve to negotiate a strong… Read more

GGRNA General Membership Meeting

General Membership Meeting

March 28, 2011
7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Plaza Classroom

Garden Grove Registered Nurses Association Bargaining Update

Top 10 Nurses Deserve a Top 10 Contract!

The Garden Grove Registered Nurses Association (GGRNA) Negotiating team met on October 25 with Prime Healthcare again to negotiate our new contract. We are still being strongly supported by our members, who continue to attend in large numbers.

Although we conducted bargaining using sidebars rather than meeting at the bargaining table this session, we achieved several major gains.

Extra Holiday!
Memorial Day was added to… Read more

Union in Brief – Sept/Oct’10 Voice

NLRB Dismisses Charges – In a recent ruling, UNAC/UHCP was cleared of any misconduct during the Chino Valley organizing campaign that preceded the Registered Nurses vote to unionize in April. Following the election victory the hospital, owned by Prime Healthcare Services, filed 29 objections with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleging UNAC/UHCP election misconduct. On July 7, an Administrative Law Judge from the NLRB overruled all the hospital’s objections, clearing the way for us… Read more

Rep. Loretta Sanchez Urges UNAC/UHCP Garden Grove Registered Nurses Association to Stand Strong in Negotiations

This morning, U.S. Representative Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) personally delivered a message to the Garden Grove Nurses Association as they begin contract negotiations: “We are with you.”

Rep. Sanchez spoke to officers in the nurses association as they head into potentially difficult negotiations with Prime Healthcare next week. The Garden Grove Nurses Association (GGNA) is an affiliate of United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP), who will lead the GGNA team in negotiations.… Read more

Social Mixer – Jul/Aug’10 Voice

UNAC /UHCP staff and members from Garden Grove, St. Francis, Fountain Valley, Lakewood and Chino Valley affiliates came together at a social mixer on June 23 to celebrate some of their recent organizing and negotiation successes and upcoming negotiations for Garden Grove and St. Francis.

Union in Brief – Jul/Aug’10 Voice

Chino Valley NLRB Hearing – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) hearing to address Prime Health Services’ objections to our election victory was completed on June 7. Both sides submitted written legal briefs on June 21 and we expect a Board ruling could be issued in late July or early August. In the meantime, we have filed more than a dozen Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charges against the company, as they have continued their aggressive… Read more