TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED!  Together we are bringing real change to Encino Hospital. Because we spoke out and stood firm, we were able to win an agreement that will address critical issues like workplace violence, Nurse and patient safety, and recruitment [...]

Last June, a man walked into the Encino Hospital Medical Center ER and stabbed a Doctor and two Nurses. The incident brought the nationwide trend of increased attacks on hospital staff too close to home. Management pledged their commitment to [...]

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 is hemorrhaging Nurses. We learned that in a two-year period, 44 nurses left the hospital per year, and 26 new nurses were hired per year, for a net loss of 18 nurses per year. That may not sound like [...]