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Midwives/WOCN (Kaiser)

Officers

Nancy Rouse, CNM
President
Mary Fox, CNM
Vice President CNM
Rosario Vergara, CWOCN
Vice President WOCN
Kathleen Long, CNS
Treasurer
Pamela Loera, RN, BSN, CWOCN
Secretary
Erica Pahua, CNM
Area Representative (PC, WH, LAMC, West LA, Kern)
Candace Mooney, CNM
Area Representative (Riv, Font, Ont)
Diane Hernandez, CNM
Area Representative (Baldwin Park, Downey, South Bay)
Monica Viera, CNM
Representation Coordinator
Denise Gershwin, CNM
Area Representative (San Diego)

Staff Representative

Tamara Yildiz, RN
Staff Representative
Email: Tamara.Yildiz@unacuhcp.org

Midwives/WOCN (Kaiser) News

UNAC/UHCP Member Testifies Before U.S. Congress

Posted on March 6, 2015

UNAC/UHCP member Brenda Crawford, RN, spoke in favor of fairer union election procedures at a hearing in the US House of Representatives on March 4.

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Kaiser Members: Get Ready for Bargaining

Posted on March 1, 2015

Calling all UNAC/UHCP Kaiser members! It’s time to support our bargaining team at the table by attending bargaining in Southern California. Click through to see how you can help make our next contract the best ever.

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UNAC/UHCP Members Lead the Charge at Cal/OSHA Hearing on Workplace Violence in Hospitals

Posted on February 6, 2015

Dozens of UNAC/UHCP health care professionals participated in a hearing by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal/OSHA, on February 5 regarding draft regulations to protect health care workers.

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UNAC/UHCP Ebola Preparedness Update

Posted on October 24, 2014

Dear UNAC/UHCP Member: As we are all aware, there has been plenty of activity and discussion around Ebola and its arrival in the United States. As of today, there are only four confirmed cases and many false alarms.

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Address Updates

Posted on July 9, 2014

Have you moved to a new residence and need to inform UNAC/UHCP about your change of address? Doing so is easy! Send an email to AddressChange@unacuhcp.org and be sure to include your name, the name of the UNAC/UHCP affiliate that you work for, your old address, and your new address.

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Workplace Violence – Take the Survey Today!

Posted on June 30, 2014

Health care workers from the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) launched a campaign against workplace violence in an effort to improve work environments. Assaults in hospitals, especially in emergency rooms, are a very common occurrence but little has been done to regulate safety for health care workers. In May 2014, […]

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UNAC/UHCP Members to Testify about Workplace Violence on Thursday

Posted on June 16, 2014

UNAC/UHCP nurses, along with other concerned members of the public, will testify on June 19 at 10 am at a California Occupational Safety Administration (Cal/OSHA) Health Standards Board public hearing regarding workplace violence. These health care workers will share real-life stories of workplace attacks sustained by health care workers while caring for patients. UNAC/UHCP surveyed […]

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Total Health Incentive Plan

Posted on March 4, 2014

In order to see whether your region is meeting the goals of the Total Health Incentive Plan, it’s important to measure progress throughout the year. Click here to see the SoCal progress report. Our first regional status report will arrive this week. Please see here for a pdf of the information our Southern California dashboard […]

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Statement on Veto of Arizona Refusal of Service Bill

Posted on February 27, 2014

UNAC/UHCP Vice President Denise Duncan, RN, released the following statement after the veto of a bill allowing refusal of service to gays in Arizona: “We celebrate the veto of the discriminatory Arizona law that would have allowed businesses to refuse service to gay customers. That a conservative governor in a right-to-work (for less) state would […]

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KPMWON Candidate Biography

Posted on January 3, 2014

Officer Candidate Biography Nancy (Gomez) Rouse, CNM First I want to thank you all for the opportunity you gave me to serve as your President for our new KPMWON affiliate over the past year. We had many challenges as a new affiliate. I believe the year was a success! We have had many opportunities to […]

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