Registered nurses at San Ramon Regional Medical Center are among the approximately 3,100 statewide set to strike this week as the California Nurses Association seeks to push the hospital’s parent company to address safety and staffing concerns.
The one-day strike set for Thursday (Oct. 30) comes as the union continues contract negotiations with Tenet Healthcare that have gone on since February “with little to no movement on key issues”, according to a press release from CNA.
“It’s clear to the nurses that Tenet is prioritizing profits over patients,” said Joeton Labos, an intensive care unit nurse at San Ramon Regional in a press release from the union. “We continue to lose experienced nurses to other area hospitals, which jeopardizes our ability to provide safe patient care. We will do everything in our power to fight for our patients and that includes going out on strike!“
Tenet nurses represented by CNA voted unanimously on Sept. 8 in favor of the strike, announcing the news to the public and the company on Oct. 20 in order for the latter to make alternative plans for patient care.
SRRMC officials said the hospital would remain in full operation throughout the strike and would continue to provide “exceptional quality patient care and service”.
“We are disappointed that the union is taking this strike action, which in our view is not constructive or necessary,” an SRRMC spokesperson told DanvilleSanRamon. “We have been negotiating in good faith with the union to reach a new contract and even proposed to the union that the parties engage in a mediation to attempt to resolve any differences.”
The nurses’ requests in contract negotiations that CNA officials said have been sticking points with the company are guaranteed meal and rest break coverage, better recruitment and retention of experienced nurses, safe staffing levels, and dedicated staff on lift teams to help with safely moving patients.
Those discussions are set to continue only after the strike, according to SRRMC.
“Our focus will now shift to ensuring that patients will continue to receive the high-quality care they are accustomed to during the strike, and we stand ready to resume good faith negotiations at the strike’s conclusion,” SRRMC’s spokesperson said.
Union officials contrasted their conditions on the ground at SRRMC and five other Tenet hospitals throughout the state with the company’s positive financial outlook.
In a press release Tuesday announcing its third quarter results, the company reported cash flow from its operating activities at more than $2.8 billion, up from nearly $2.4 billion last year, with a free cash flow of $2.163 billion, up from $1.77 billion last year..
Nurses are set to walk out at SRRMC starting at 7 a.m. Thursday morning and remain on strike until 6:59 a.m. Friday morning. A rally is planned outside the hospital at 1 p.m. Thursday.
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