UNAC/UHCP is democracy in action.
Each medical facility is an autonomous affiliate with its own constitution. Union members at each facility elect their own officers and negotiate their own contracts.
Union members have a voice in setting the policies for our union. Every other year, each affiliate elects delegates to our state organization’s Constitutional Convention. At the convention, delegates elect state officers for four-year terms, review the budget, and can amend the state constitution. Delegates at the convention also elect seven members to our Board of Directors.
Each affiliate elects one delegate to serve on our Executive Council. When the convention is not in session, members of the Executive Council and Board of Directors are responsible for the budget and policy decisions affecting the organization.
Our union’s ability to improve patient care at our workplaces and strengthen our voice in the workplace comes from our members’ active participation and leadership.
We are in the process of electing our Chino Valley Medical Center’s RN Bargaining Team. Let’s help our team prepare for negotiations with CVMC management.
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Chino RNs will hold their first general membership meeting on May 23, where they will vote for their bargaining team. The Registered Nurses will begin bargaining with Chino Valley Medical Center on June 12. A recap of the road to bargaining can be found here.
In January 2011, Fountain Valley Professional Association filed a grievance against Fountain Valley Regional Medical Center on behalf of 23 RNs who were involuntarily and without notice stripped of their Clinician II status, resulting in a 5% reduction in pay. The grievance process led to arbitration which FVPA won on May 3, 2012. The arbitrator ruled FVRMC violated the collective bargaining agreement, and ordered FVRMC to retroactively pay the effected RNs the 5% they lost… Read more
At 2:45AM Friday, May 11, UNAC/UHCP and the Coalition of Unions reached a tentative agreement with Kaiser covering 95,000 Kaiser employees across the country. Details to come.
Beverly RNs voted by 96% to approve a first contract on May 2, 2012 after a year long battle to secure wage increases, grievance and arbitration, and a voice in patient care.
“SB 1246 will help Registered Nurses provide safe patient care without worrying about hospitals cutting corners and jeopardizing the health of a patient,” said Barbara Blake, RN, State Secretary/Treasurer of UNAC/UHCP.
