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Press Release: “Patients’ Right to Know” bill AB 1422 passes in Assembly floor vote; heads to Senate

June 2, 2021

Rancho Cucamonga Nurses Vote to Form Union

May 1, 2021

New Assembly bill would expose dangerously low hospital staffing & ensure PATIENTS’ RIGHT TO KNOW.

March 3, 2021

Press release: STRIKE AVERTED at HCA hospitals

December 20, 2020

Press Release: Southland Nurses and Licensed Professionals call 10-day strike

December 14, 2020

PRESS RELEASE: Nurses & healthcare professionals overwhelmingly authorize a strike

December 11, 2020

Press Release: California Nurses’ Union says latest CDC reversal is last straw; puts out its own pandemic safety guidelines.

September 22, 2020

PRESS RELEASE: COMPREHENSIVE PANDEMIC PPE LEGISLATION WILL SAVE LIVES AND PREPARE FOR FUTURE CRISES

September 2, 2020

PRESS RELEASE: Nurses launch radio ad campaign to sound the alarm on serious deficiencies—during a pandemic—in three very profitable southland hospitals.

August 17, 2020

Press Release: Hospital retaliates against Nurses who held a 10-day strike for safe staffing

July 30, 2020

Statement from SEIU Local 121RN Executive Director on the passing of Civil Rights icon Rep. John Lewis

July 20, 2020

Press Release: Riverside Nurses strike for patient safety

June 26, 2020

The world mourned with us for our fallen sister, Celia Marcos

June 1, 2020

Media Advisory: Union RNs to offer **FIRST AID** in solidarity with Women’s March

January 17, 2020

Los Robles hospital employees join union in hopes of increased staffing, better pay.

January 10, 2020

Press Release: Nurses’ “Stop Repeat Offender Hospitals” patient safety bill becomes law on January 1st

December 30, 2019

Nurses win patient safety improvements in their Union contract with Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center

December 19, 2019

Pomona nurses vote yes on new contract that includes 12% raises over 4 years

December 18, 2019

PRESS RELEASE: Licensed Medical Professionals Vote to Form Union at Los Robles Hospital

December 12, 2019

Pomona Valley nurses’ authorize a strike as contract negotiations continue

December 5, 2019

Ventura County Star: Jobs to be eliminated in restructuring at Oxnard, Camarillo hospitals

October 25, 2019

Statement from SEIU Local 121RN President on new law to improve hospital patient safety

October 13, 2019

PRESS RELEASE: SB 227 Author Senator Leyva, Speaker Rendon, Legislators Join Nurses to Demand Safety for Hospital Patients

September 11, 2019

PRESS RELEASE: Nurses to Governor »»» YES on SB 227. Patients suffer when hospitals ignore the law.

September 5, 2019

Media Advisory: RNs urge Governor to sign SB 227

September 4, 2019

Press Release: Looming Nurse strike called off at Dignity Hospitals

August 24, 2019

Press Release: Nurses protest dangerously low staffing, poor security and demand safety for patients at Dignity Health’s Northridge Hospital Medical Center

July 30, 2019

Lake County News: "Leyva bill improving hospital patient safety passes Senate"

May 12, 2019

PRESS RELEASE: California Senate passes SB 227 (Leyva) designed to remedy hospitals’ staffing crisis

May 9, 2019

Media Advisory: Union RNs to offer **FIRST AID** in solidarity with May Day marchers

April 30, 2019

People's World: "Marching on May Day: Los Angeles coalition plans major demo"

April 17, 2019

Press Release: SB 227—Patients suffer when hospitals break the law

April 9, 2019

Press Release: Nurses win patient safety improvements in their Union contract with Barlow Respiratory Hospital in L.A.

April 4, 2019

PRESS RELEASE: Nurses at Pacifica Hospital—last true “community hospital” in the San Fernando Valley—avert strike

March 4, 2019

PRESS RELEASE: Nurses at the last true “community hospital” in the San Fernando Valley announce 10-DAY STRIKE

February 22, 2019

PRESS RELEASE: Senator Leyva (D-Chino) *re*introduces bill to end patient suffering in dangerously understaffed hospitals

February 7, 2019

L.A. Daily News: "Strikes called off at San Fernando Valley area hospitals"

December 27, 2018

L.A. Daily News: "Nurses picket Burbank hospital, while strikes are called at hospitals in Van Nuys, Hollywood"

December 21, 2018

Nurses at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center worried about staffing changes

July 24, 2018

Press Release: **Next Week** is National Nurses Week

May 3, 2018

Press Release: RNs speak out today with SB 1288 author Senator Connie M. Leyva to improve hospital patient safety

April 17, 2018

*Media Advisory* => For hospital patient safety, RNs join Senator Leyva in support of SB 1288

April 16, 2018

Press Statement: Congratulations from SEIU Local 121RN President as Senator Atkins is sworn in as 1st female pro Tem

March 21, 2018

PRESS RELEASE: Senator Connie M. Leyva introduces SB 1288 to improve hospital patient safety after nurses sound alarm on California hospitals’ unsafe staffing crisis

February 16, 2018

*PRESS RELEASE* Statement from SEIU Local 121RN President on the House and Senate agreement on the Republican Tax Plan

December 14, 2017

*PRESS RELEASE* Nurses sound alarm on SoCal’s hospital staffing crisis: Patient safety watchdog agency turns blind eye

November 4, 2017

*MEDIA ADVISORY* Nurses sound alarm on SoCal’s hospital staffing crisis: Patient safety watchdog agency turns blind eye

November 2, 2017

President Trump’s Executive Order on Affordable Care Act—Statement from SEIU Local 121RN President

October 13, 2017

Press Statement from SEIU Local 121RN President on new California law bringing stronger whistleblower protections for nurses

September 25, 2017