In our most recent bargaining session with management, they brought a response to our wage proposal that was insultingly low and dangerously out of touch.

Your bargaining team had proposed wages that would help stop the flight of Nurses from our hospital. You may remember from a previous update that management revealed we’re losing Nurses at a rate that would leave us with zero nurses in just a few years.

Zero Nurses

What then? Robot nurses are unlikely to be available on that timeline. But management’s response on wages shows that they still are not taking seriously the fact that our hospital is far below the area standard.

Our patients deserve a stable hospital that is capable of keeping experienced Nurses at the bedside.

Management Fails to Keep Our Hospital Safe

Indifference to Nurses’ and patients’ safety continues to be a problem. The flow of arms into patient care areas is a tragedy waiting to happen — again. Management is aware, they don’t seem to care. And the ongoing, constant shifting around of CNAs is undercutting Nurses’ ability to perform and jeopardizing our patients’ safety.

Make your voice heard

Now more than ever we need all Nurses to sign the petition in support of our bargaining team to send the message to management that we will not let them deplete our hospital like this.

We Are Not Alone - Prime’s Pattern of Hospital Mismanagement

Nurses at San Dimas Community Hospital — another Prime Healthcare facility — recently ratified their first Union contract. Their #1 issue to address is wildly unsafe understaffing - a familiar issue for Encino Nurses.