PDF BLS Contract Collection - Metadata Header They joined their Northern California nurse colleagues in September. currentUrl = currentUrl.toLowerCase() Be as detailed as possible. There is no shortage of registered nurses in California; rather there is a shortage of nurses willing to work in unsafe environments. Their approval followed a 10-week strike. Founded in 1903, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee/AFL-CIO is a premiere organization of registered nurses and one of the nations fastest growing labor and professional organizations in the U.S. with more than 100,000 members in hospitals, clinics, and home health agencies in all 50 states. Highlights of the agreement: Wages: Annual 3 percent across-the-board salary increases for the next four years, plus annual step increases for eligible nurses. 102 The Employer recognizes the California Nurses Association (CNA) as the exclusive bargaining agent with respect to wages, hours, and working conditions for all employees in classifications shown in this agreement and within the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals certified by the National Labor Relations Board in Case #31-RC-093617. Tzn 5(7w8 rsdBGL,@lE1MYNRjCAeY`h 9 ,@HE)&B1Jt0AJ. California Nurses Association represents about 22,000 nurses at 22 Kaiser facilities. Leverage your professional network, and get hired. 925-393-3911, Jeff Rogers, United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals of their own that time, it was about 1,600 mental health workers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading technology advances and tools for health promotion, disease prevention, state-of-the-art care delivery, and world-class chronic disease management. info@nationalnursesunited.org The heart of the conflict is a two-tier wage proposal, a rarity in health care. The new four-year contract is a huge win for Kaisers nurses, according to Cathy Kennedy, who is the president of the California Nurses Association and a nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit at Kaisers medical center in Roseville. 3 0 obj Is It Possible To Provide Equitable Nutritional Care for Diabetes and Obesity? % Registration or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Do not sell my information. var currentUrl = jQuery(location).attr('href'); March 20, 2018. The California Nurses Association is proud to sponsor Assembly Bill 1400, the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act (CalCare), which would guarantee comprehensive, high-quality health care to all California residents as a human right. The California Nurses Association and Kaiser Permanente have reached a tentative agreement on a five-year labor contract affecting more than ?700 union nurses and nurse . "We are so happy that this contract adds more than 2,000 positions across our Northern California facilities. Kaiser registered nurses and nurse practitioners in Northern California had been in negotiations since June 2022. National agreement between Kaiser Permanente and Alliance of Health Care Unions advances best patient care and industry-leading wages and benefits. info@nationalnursesunited.org Create your profile and complete your application. Do not sell my information. Kaiser Permanente is currently bargaining with the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, which represents nearly 85,000 employees in all our markets except Georgia. Photographs and illustrations, as well as text, cannot be used without permission from the AFT. <> stream ", "For the first time, our contract includes equity and inclusion provisions and a commitment to a workplace free from racism and discrimination, said Kennedy. The new course in the Netherlands will start on September 9, 2019, and your first working day will be in January 2020! (Update: This bargaining unit ratified the agreement on December 22, 2021.). Under the new contract, Kaiser will create a new regional committee for equity, diversity and inclusion composed of two nurses from each facility. Learn more by reading our new white paper. The employees are represented by 22 local unions that are part of the Alliance of Health Care Unions and work across hundreds of job classifications in every geographic area where Kaiser Permanente has a presence. T. 240-235-2000 A tentative agreement has been reached between the California Nurses Association and Kaiser Permanente, averting a two-day strike that the . The ratified contract asserts that healthcare is a human right, Kennedy pointed out. , averting what would have been the biggest private sector nurses strike in American history. CNA staff agreed to a contract extension without notifying the bargaining team, she said. [CDATA[// >