Sutter/CPMC agrees to a contract with its nurses in SF, clearing the path for its hospital deal
Ending a long and contentious labor impasse and setting the stage for the city to approve the pair of
new hospitals that Sutter Health and its California Pacific Medical Center affiliate want to build in San Francisco, the California Nurses Association today announced that it has reached a tentative contract agreement with the hospital corporations. ...
... “We are delighted to finally reach a contract deal. It's been six years of a very contentious relationship,” Eileen Prendiville, a registered nurse who works at CPMC's California Campus, told the Guardian. She said that the nurses are thrilled to have attained good job security and patient advocacy standards while ensuring St. Luke's stays open. “Working with a coalition of labor and community, we were successful at changing the face of healthcare in San Francisco.” ...
... In today's print edition of the Guardian,
I cover the movement to value caregiving in our uncaring economic system and the key
role that CNA has played has in that growing movement. In San Francisco, CNA has faced down lawsuits, lock-outs, and harsh union-busting tactics as it pushed for contracts with strong patient advocacy protections. ...
... For the first time, the RNs at both hospitals will be under one contract with equal job security and seniority rights. The pact includes safe patient handling provisions to stem patient falls and injuries to patients and nurses. Additionally it obligates the employer to provide for meal and rest breaks and stipulates that new technology not supplant RN professional judgment.
On economics, all the RNs will receive across the board pay increases of 6 percent over the next 34 months, as well as additional pay based on years of service in the San Francisco hospitals, at other Sutter facilities, and foreign nursing experience.
"We are delighted to finally reach a contract settlement with Sutter/CPMC,” said California Pacific campus RN Susan Blaschak RN. “Our contract provides for continued patient advocacy and will keep our professional nursing standards high for years to come.” ...
http://www.sfbg.com/politics/2013/03...-hospital-deal 
Mar 1 by RNdynamicI think your link is broken. Try this one:
Mar 10 by Natural510Man, I used to go there as a patient and told myself if I moved back to the Bay Area and couldn't get in at Kaiser, Sutter would be a solid second option. I guess I'd better stay back East where there are more choices and companies to work with.laborer likes this.
Mar 27 by herring_RNSutter/CPMC agrees to a contract with its nurses in SF, clearing the path for its hospital deal
Mar 28 by Testa Rosa, RNCongratulations CPMC Nurses. Wonder if the recent National Labor Board rulings against Sutter had anything to do with this....that or all the bad publicity they were getting with San Francisco press?
