As nurses, we use our UNITED voice to protect patients and nurses in today's rapidly changing, corner-cutting world of healthcare and politics.
It means we get involved. It means we use our resources and collective strength—not just in our hospital, but in our communities and across California and the nation.
By taking action together and contributing to our Union's Nurse-Powered Politics fund, we've won:
- Whistleblower Protection (2017 w/implementation in 2018)
- Workplace Violence Protection (2016 w/partial implementation in 2017 and 2018)
- Hospital Patient and Healthcare Worker Injury Protection Act (2012 w/implementation in 2014)
- Aerosol Transmissible Diseases Cal/OSHA Standard (2010)
- Nurse-to-Patient Ratios (1999 w/implementation in 2004)
- Needle Safety Law (2000)
This year, we’re working to pass our Stop Repeat Offender Hospitals legislation, Senate Bill 1288, which will require mandatory, unannounced hospital inspections to ensure safe staffing and increase fines against hospitals that continue to go out-of-ratio. To learn more, click here.
To learn more about getting involved, talk to your Steward, Union Rep/Organizer or call SEIU Local 121RN's Political Director Frank Torres at (626) 639-6167, torresf@seiu121rn.org