Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center Form A Union

[nightingale, RN]

I am on the mail list for SEIU Nurse Alliance. I am not a memeber but I do like to read what is going on in California. I thought you might find this of interest and look forward to the feedback:

On September 19, more than 700 RNs at Pomona Valley

Hospital Medical Center in Pomona, Calif. voted to

form a union with the SEIU Nurse Alliance.

Charlene Nelson, who works in the ER at PVHMC, says,

"This is an incredible victory for nurses and our patients.

Now we can sit down with management and really work

on the improvements we need to provide the best possible

care. Our hospital was the first one built in Pomona,

and now we can make sure we're the best, too."

By forming a union, PVHMC RNs say they are taking the

first steps toward improving patient care and ensuring

professional standards at their hospital. In the next

few weeks, nurses will prepare to negotiate their first

union contract by electing co-workers to serve on a

bargaining team. They'll build upon results of a survey

recently conducted by nurses at the hospital to determine

bargaining priorities on issues such as nurse-patient

ratios, patient care, pay and benefits.

"The cost-cutting pressures in health care today are

enormous," says Jeannie King, RN, who works in PVHMC's

ICU. "By joining SEIU, RNs have gained a strong voice

for ensuring that our hospital puts patients first

by setting staffing levels that are safe for patient

care. Other health care professionals at the hospital

are forming a union too, so we'll all have input into

improvements."

More and more nurses and health care professionals

across California are uniting in SEIU, the nation's

largest health care union.

Take a STAND FOR PATIENTS at your hospital. Reply to

this email or call 888-208-3538 today to find out how!

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on the improvements we need to provide the best possible

care. Our hospital was the first one built in Pomona,

and now we can make sure we're the best, too.">

Congratulations & the best of luck to them!

[nightingale, RN]

Nice that they will be able to concentrate on patient care.