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Corona Bargaining Update: May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015 3:00 pm Comments Off on Corona Bargaining Update: May 21, 2015 Your Corona RN Bargaining Team met with UHS-Corona management on May 20-21 to continue negotiating your first collective bargaining agreement. Click through to read about the progress made and join us June 9 at the Ayres Hotel for our next general membership meeting.Madhu Chawla Elected President of the State Board of Optometry
May 5, 2015 11:43 am Leave your thoughts KPASCO Secretary Madhu Chawla, OD, will serve as President of the California State Board of Optometry beginning July 1, 2015.Press Release: Rampant Workplace Violence in California Hospitals Puts Safety of Nurses and Patients at Risk
May 4, 2015 3:16 pm Comments Off on Press Release: Rampant Workplace Violence in California Hospitals Puts Safety of Nurses and Patients at Risk Workplace violence has been rampant nationwide and in California hospitals for many years. With no prevention programs in place to protect nurses and health care professionals from unexpected on-the-job assaults, this unregulated threat is not only harming health care workers on a daily basis, it is a public safety issue that threatens the safety of patients who entrust their lives and care to these facilities.
Kaiser National Bargaining Update: April 30, 2015
April 30, 2015 6:20 pm Comments Off on Kaiser National Bargaining Update: April 30, 2015 Negotiations continued April 28-30 in San Jose for the next Kaiser National Agreement. Support the bargaining team by signing up to attend the next bargaining sessions in Los Angeles on May 12-14!Take Action Against Workplace Violence
April 30, 2015 3:18 pm Comments Off on Take Action Against Workplace Violence On April 30, UNAC/UHCP members met with representatives from a federal agency from Washington, DC to talk about workplace violence.
Is Walmart Retaliating Against Workers Again?
April 28, 2015 12:32 pm Leave your thoughts Walmart has been the subject of a long campaign by worker advocates asking the chain to pay employees a living wage and provide health care, among other requests. On April 13, over 2,000 employees at five Walmart stores across the country, including the Southern California Pico Rivera location, were informed they were being laid off.Press Release: UNAC/UHCP Reaffirms Commitment to Safe Staffing
April 27, 2015 1:27 pm Comments Off on Press Release: UNAC/UHCP Reaffirms Commitment to Safe Staffing The United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) vehemently disagrees with recent attacks on California safe staffing laws, especially claims that staffing ratios have not improved patient care. In fact, safe staffing has been shown not just to improve care, but to save lives.SPNN Nurses: Fill Out Staffing Objection Forms
April 24, 2015 7:01 pm Comments Off on SPNN Nurses: Fill Out Staffing Objection Forms Read through for reasons why SPNN RNs are filling out staffing objection forms.