Pat Maio at The Orange County Register reports Members of the California Nurses Association (CNA) have ratified a four-year agreement for nearly 24,000 Registered Nurses (RNs) employed at the University of California (UC), which features an 18.5% minimum increase in wages over the life of the four-year contract across the University’s 19 Medical Centers and Campuses, the CNA announced over the weekend. The contract also caps health care premium increases and adds “protections to improve patient safety and Nurse retention.” The new contract, which also places restrictions on UC floating RNs between facilities and adds improvements to meal and rest breaks and workplace violence-prevention policies, covers the period from November 1st (2025) to January 31st, 2029. Under the contract, RNs were guaranteed a central role in selecting, designing and validating new technology, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems. “UC Nurses were unified in our demands for a contract that reversed and halted UC management’s growing practice of short-staffing facilities, cutting back on resources and forcing (RNs) to do more with less support,” said Marlene Tucay, an RN at UC Irvine and a Bargaining Team Member. “As a result of the commitment of all CNA Members, we won a contract that will improve outcomes for Nurses and our patients.”

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