Press Release: “Patients’ Right to Know” bill AB 1422 passes in Assembly floor vote; heads to SenateJune 2, 2021
New Assembly bill would expose dangerously low hospital staffing & ensure PATIENTS’ RIGHT TO KNOW.March 3, 2021
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 CRISESSeptember 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 staffingJuly 30, 2020
Statement from SEIU Local 121RN Executive Director on the passing of Civil Rights icon Rep. John LewisJuly 20, 2020
Press Release: Nurses’ “Stop Repeat Offender Hospitals” patient safety bill becomes law on January 1stDecember 30, 2019
Nurses win patient safety improvements in their Union contract with Pomona Valley Hospital Medical CenterDecember 19, 2019
PRESS RELEASE: Licensed Medical Professionals Vote to Form Union at Los Robles HospitalDecember 12, 2019
Ventura County Star: Jobs to be eliminated in restructuring at Oxnard, Camarillo hospitalsOctober 25, 2019
Statement from SEIU Local 121RN President on new law to improve hospital patient safetyOctober 13, 2019
PRESS RELEASE: SB 227 Author Senator Leyva, Speaker Rendon, Legislators Join Nurses to Demand Safety for Hospital PatientsSeptember 11, 2019
PRESS RELEASE: Nurses to Governor »»» YES on SB 227. Patients suffer when hospitals ignore the law.September 5, 2019
Press Release: Nurses protest dangerously low staffing, poor security and demand safety for patients at Dignity Health’s Northridge Hospital Medical CenterJuly 30, 2019
PRESS RELEASE: California Senate passes SB 227 (Leyva) designed to remedy hospitals’ staffing crisisMay 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 strikeMarch 4, 2019
PRESS RELEASE: Nurses at the last true “community hospital” in the San Fernando Valley announce 10-DAY STRIKEFebruary 22, 2019
PRESS RELEASE: Senator Leyva (D-Chino) *re*introduces bill to end patient suffering in dangerously understaffed hospitalsFebruary 7, 2019
L.A. Daily News: "Nurses picket Burbank hospital, while strikes are called at hospitals in Van Nuys, Hollywood"December 21, 2018
Press Release: RNs speak out today with SB 1288 author Senator Connie M. Leyva to improve hospital patient safetyApril 17, 2018
*Media Advisory* => For hospital patient safety, RNs join Senator Leyva in support of SB 1288April 16, 2018
Press Statement: Congratulations from SEIU Local 121RN President as Senator Atkins is sworn in as 1st female pro TemMarch 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 crisisFebruary 16, 2018
*PRESS RELEASE* Statement from SEIU Local 121RN President on the House and Senate agreement on the Republican Tax PlanDecember 14, 2017
*PRESS RELEASE* Nurses sound alarm on SoCal’s hospital staffing crisis: Patient safety watchdog agency turns blind eyeNovember 4, 2017
*MEDIA ADVISORY* Nurses sound alarm on SoCal’s hospital staffing crisis: Patient safety watchdog agency turns blind eyeNovember 2, 2017
President Trump’s Executive Order on Affordable Care Act—Statement from SEIU Local 121RN PresidentOctober 13, 2017
Press Statement from SEIU Local 121RN President on new California law bringing stronger whistleblower protections for nursesSeptember 25, 2017
