Psych Hospital Union Win in Years
Registered nurses who work in the Sutter Health’s Sutter Center for Psychiatry Hospital in Sacramento have voted by 83 percent to join the California Nurses Association. This is the largest free standing psychiatric hospital in Northern California to achieve a union representation win in many years.
In a mail ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board, the RNs voted 62 to 13 for the union - an 83 percent victory margin. The ballots were counted Wednesday, Dec. 23. CNA, an affiliate of National Nurses United, will represent 100 RNs at the facility.
“As patient advocates, we voted to join CNA to have a collective RN voice to make this a safer hospital for our patients and each other. Patient safety is our number one priority,” said Sutter Psych RN Natalya Yumin after the vote count.