Press Releases
UNAC Screens at LA CLC
November 20, 2009
UNAC/UHCP State Secretary Barbara Blake, RN, provides delegates of the Los Angeles Central Labor Council with a presentation explaining why labor health care facilities are superior to non-unionized facilities in terms of patient outcomes and working conditions.
United Nurses President Raises Issues of Nursing Education, Prevention at UCLA Forum on National Health Care Debate
November 12, 2009
Sackman joined panelists UCLA School of Public Affairs Professors Fernando Torres-Gil, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Mark Peterson, Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, as well as John Healy, Editorial Writer for the LA Times
Barbers Trim, UNAC/UHCP Members Screen
November 9, 2009
Los Angeles, CA – UNAC/UHCP members donated most of their Saturday, November 7, to providing health screening targeting African American men with the Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program throughout the Los Angeles and Inland Empire. This unique and innovative grassroots program works with black-owned barbershops, which represent a cultural institution of familiarity and trust in […]
United Nurses and Parkview Community Hospital Partnership Awarded Federal Labor-Management Grant
October 22, 2009
Registered Nurse Advisory Committee awarded $60,000 to foster effective collaboration and improve organizational effectiveness
UNAC/UHCP Nurses Volunteer to Campaign in Several States for Health Care Reform Legislation
October 9, 2009
Nurses reach out to the American public to discuss health care legislation through “House Calls for Health Care Reform” campaign
UNAC/UHCP President Addresses BRN Recommendations – August 17, 2009
August 17, 2009
Sacramento, CA – On Monday, August 17, UNAC/UHCP President Kathy J. Sackman, RN, spoke in Sacramento before the California Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee regarding recommendations proposed to create a seamless enforcement program for the Board of Registered Nursing. Please click on the link below to read her statement to the Committee. Testimony of […]
United Nurses state secretary testifies before California Board of Registered Nursing – August 12, 2009
August 12, 2009
Sacramento, CA – Barbara Blake, RN, state secretary of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) testified today at the Board of Registered Nursing to show support for the Board’s recent report to the California’s Department of Consumer Affairs and to highlight some preliminary recommendations moving forward as public hearings continue […]
UNAC/UHCP Members Volunteer for RAM LA and Provide Health Care Services to Vulnerable Populations – August 12, 2009
August 12, 2009
Large crowds reinforce the union’s commitment to achieving comprehensive Health Care Reform for all Californians Uninsured, underinsured, unemployed and under-employed Californians throughout the Los Angeles area flocked to the Forum in Inglewood on Tuesday, August 11 to receive free dental, vision, medical and women’s health care services from health care professionals volunteering for RAM LA […]
Members of nurses union promoting universal health care reform volunteer for RAM LA
August 12, 2009
Members of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) volunteer for RAM LA 2009 to provide free dental, vision, medical and women’s health care services during the weeklong event, from August 11 through 18.
United Nurses calls for public hearings and more to address BRN oversight issues
July 30, 2009
UNAC/UHCP President Kathy J. Sackman, RN, responds to a recent LA Times article addressing Governor Schwarzenegger’s decisions that have contributed to the problems at the California Board of Registered Nursing.