CalMatters: ‘I couldn’t find a nurse:’ L.A. family sues hospital over life-altering injuries
March 20, 2024
CalMatters reporting looks at the impacts of unsafe staffing and missing enforcement on nurse-to-patient ratios.
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VC Star: Ventura County hospitals receive 239 complaints, reports show; Los Robles cited most
March 9, 2024
VC Star: Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks violated state regulations 32 times in incidents investigated in 2023, according to California Department of Public Health records.
Thousand Oaks Acorn: Hospital, nurses come to agreement
January 26, 2024
"Contract increases pay, staff numbers"
VC Star: After prolonged fight, nurses approve contract deal with Los Robles hospital
January 19, 2024
"After more than seven months of negotiations, a five-day holiday strike and a vote rejecting an earlier deal, union nurses on Wednesday approved a three-year contract with Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks."
Los Robles Regional Medical Center Nurses continue contract fight for patient safety, VC Star reports.
December 27, 2023
VC Star reports on Los Robles RNs push for stronger staffing language in new union contract.
KVPR: Pacifica owner withdraws bid to buy Madera Hospital
December 20, 2023
Reporting on Pacifica leadership's plan to buy rural hospital highlights nurses' complaints about Pacifica management.
HCA SoCal Strike news wrap
December 1, 2023
Our historic holiday strike at HCA's Los Robles Regional Medical Center, Riverside Community Hospital made headlines throughout the region.
VC Star: Thousand Oaks hospital nurses authorize strike if deal isn't reached.
October 29, 2023
Ventura County Star covers HCA Nurses and Professionals strike vote.
Kaiser Moreno Valley nurses strike *Media Roundup*
October 23, 2023
Round-up of media coverage of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions Healthcare workers strike, Oct 4-6.
LA Times cover story on nursing in CA features SEIU 121RN Pres. Leo Perez
September 20, 2023
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Healthcare Finance: California warns hospitals of tougher enforcement action for violating nurse staffing ratios
September 14, 2023
Hospitals face a $15,000 fine for the first violation, with the state narrowing the circumstances for exceptions.
Riverside Community Hospital Nurses to HCA: Put patients before profits!
August 31, 2023
Riverside Press Enterprise covers our picket at Riverside Community Hospital
Garfield Medical Center Nurses STRIKE *Media Roundup*
August 22, 2023
Round-up of media coverage of the Garfield Medical Center nurses' strike.
SGV Tribune: Nurses at two San Gabriel Valley hospitals vote to authorize strikes
June 22, 2023
After months of failed labor negotiations, they say a walkout may be their only option.
SEIU 121RN Endorses Asm. Chris Holden for LA County Board of Supervisors
June 20, 2023
Pasadena Now covers our endorsement announcement
On anniversary of ER stabbing, Encino Hospital Nurses' press conference makes headlines
June 5, 2023
Press Conference
LA Daily News: Garfield Medical Center nurses protest low staffing, lack of training
May 15, 2023
Garfield Medical Center Nurses Picket
Former Los Robles RN speaks out: The quality of care we give is not what we want to give.
May 9, 2023
NBC Nightly News: Nurses at HCA hospitals would have owed thousands if they left before 2 years: investigation
San Bernardino Sun:Kindred Hospital Ontario nurses protest understaffing, unsafe conditions
May 5, 2023
Ontario Nurses picket
'Indentured servitude': Nurses hit with hefty debt when trying to leave hospitals
March 13, 2023
Former Los Robles Regional Medical Center nurse speaks out about unfair HCA Healthcare contract.
Patients Can't Wait Day of Action at CA Department of Public Health
March 1, 2023
California's COVID-19 State of Emergency officially ended on February 28, 2023. SEIU 121RN members and our allies called on the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to demand full enforcement of safe staffing laws, including Nurse to Patient ratios. Our day of action began with a rally at St. John's Hospital in Oxnard, and culminated in a march and press conference at the CDPH Ventura County office.
LA Daily News: Nurses at Burbank hospital picket over staffing, safety issues
December 15, 2022
The Providence St. Joseph Medical Center employees' contract will expire Dec. 31
LA Daily News: Nurses rally at Tarzana hospital, claiming toxic work place and understaffing
November 8, 2022
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana faces turmoil as employees and union demand better conditions
Nurses at SoCal Hospital at Hollywood picket, vote on strike authorization.
February 22, 2022
**SoCal Hospital at Hollywood Picket and Strike Vote News Round Up**
LA Times: As hospitals reel, California tells coronavirus-positive medical workers to stay on the job
January 12, 2022
Los Angeles Times, January 12, 2022
Cal Matters: Amid omicron, California braces for a big year in 2022
January 4, 2022
Cal Matters January 3, 2022
Our HCA victory in Becker’s look back on healthcare-worker labor actions during the pandemic
May 19, 2021
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“They would say, ‘Winter is coming’,” Los Robles Nurse on a year fighting COVID-19.
April 28, 2021
In the news
“You cannot quit.” RN Emelda Pasco is State Assembymember’s “Woman of the Year”
April 22, 2021
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Medium: An RN for 32 years has lost count of all the times she’s cried in a patient’s room.
March 9, 2021
In the news
Our Union President takes on hospitals’ lax pandemic staffing in VC Star guest column
March 4, 2021
In the news
“There’s not enough of us,” Los Robles RN tells VC Star about critical staffing during the pandemic.
January 31, 2021
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