Tell Congress: Support UC Nurses and Patients!
25,000 registered nurses working at University of California medical centers (UC) and represented by California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) will have their contracts expire on Oct. 31, 2025, which is why they are fighting for strong protections at the bargaining table with their employer right now!
UC nurses have been ringing the alarm bell concerning practices like the use of “shadow beds” and long ER wait times that are a result of management prioritizing more profitable elective surgeries. Nurses’ primary priority, across medical centers statewide, is reversing and halting the UC management’s growing practice of short-staffing its facilities, cutting back on resources, and forcing its hardworking, overstretched providers to do more work with less support.
Call the U.S. House of Representatives: 916-249-7470
Call Senator Alex Padilla: 202-224-3553Call Senator Adam Schiff: 202-224-3841
Here's a short script you can follow:
Hi, my name is [First Name]. I am your constituent, and I’m a ______ (nurse/other health care worker/patient). I’m calling today to urge you to support the University of California nurses, who are fighting for increased patient safety standards in their union contracts by signing onto Rep. Ro Khanna’s letter to UC management urging them to bargain in good faith. The 25,000 UC nurses are fighting for basic and common sense protections like safe staffing, adequate resources, and fair pay and benefits for the many frontline health care workers who provide quality care to our communities. They should not need to fight so hard to get these protections. I urge you to sign-on to the letter as soon as possible. Thank you.