Nurses at Dignity Health, headquartered in San Francisco, reached a tentative collective bargaining contract. The deal would cover approximately 12,000 RNs at 28 Dignity hospitals in California and Nevada who are members of the California Nurses Association and National Nurses Organizing Committee-Nevada, both part of National Nurses United.
The agreement guarantees no reduction in health coverage, expands guaranteed pensions and retiree health benefits, and calls for 9% pay increases over the next four years.
In addition, the agreement establishes an "RN Accident Prevention Program" that commits the hospitals to adopt meaningful violence prevention policies and ensure safe staffing on all units during all shifts. The program also provides nurses with supplemental insurance benefits of up to $200,000 in the event of accidental death, felonious assault, or contraction of HIV or hepatitis from needle sticks.
According to National Nurses United, the program is the first in the nation by a major hospital system to provide supplemental insurance protection to nurses injured in workplace violence or by needle stick accidents.
In the coming weeks, nurses will hold ratification meetings at Dignity hospitals in Northern California, Southern California, the Sacramento region, San Bernardino, the Central California Coast and Las Vegas.
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