Nurses at Sutter’s Sacramento psychiatry hospital unionize; Rideout RNs ratify contract [The Sacramento Bee]
Dec. 31 The California Nurses Association achieved two victories in December after registered nurses at Marysville’sAdventist Health and Rideout hospital voted to ratify a three-year labor agreement and RNs at Sutter Center for Psychiatry in Sacramento voted to join the union.
CNA now will represent roughly 100 nurses in bargaining with Sutter Health for a new contract at the hospital on Folsom Boulevard, near Power Inn Road. The Sutter nurses voted 62-13 via mail-in ballots in an election run by the National Labor Relations Board.
In the Sacramento region, CNA already represents Sutter registered nurses at the company’s Roseville medical center, as well as at Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital and hospice.
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.