ATTN: LA General RNs! Your Union, SEIU 721, has been working with the Department of Health Services on how to operationalize moving LA County’s nurses towards a 36 hour work week. Although there are many obstacles that need to be resolved, we’re pushing forward to make sure DHS knows this … Read More
Today is International Women’s Day – and this year, we have a lot to celebrate. From California’s very own Kamala Harris becoming our nation’s first woman Vice President to our very own Linda Dent becoming the first woman President of SEIU 721, the wonder women all around us continue to … Read More
Most everyone working in our union’s Health Division knew Cherri Newman, who tragically passed away on June 16, 2020. Cherri was a Licensed Vocational Nurse at the High Desert Regional Health Center in Lancaster, working in the Ambulatory Care Clinic, where she was like a mother to everyone there and … Read More
The Non-Congregate Sheltering for California Healthcare Workers Program provides hotel rooms to frontline health care workers who are exposed to or test positive for COVID-19. By providing hotel rooms in close proximity to medical facilities, health care workers avoid potentially spreading the virus once leaving the shift by selecting to … Read More
We pushed hard during our last contract fight to secure our $250 bonus – and it’s just about here. Be sure to scrutinize your September 15 paycheck. The $250 bonus for LA County Relief Nurses, Part-Timers and F-Items will be paid out then. This is no ordinary $250 bonus. We … Read More
Our FIRST RETENTION BONUS will finally be our paychecks! All eligible BU 311 and 312 members should receive it at the end of this month. So check your August 30 check. Make sure you get the First Retention Bonus we bargained so hard for! EXTRA BONUSES are ready for members … Read More
LA County Registered Nurses took their fight for patient care to the next level today as more than 1,000 RNs held massive morning demonstrations at all five flagship LA County hospitals. As the swing shift ended and the morning crews arrived, hundreds of Registered Nurses turned out in full force … Read More
COUNTY’S Riverside Health System says one thing on self-defense — County lawmakers say another. Moreno Valley, CA — Chalk up another blunder in the long list of mismanagement for the County of Riverside. In the most County of Riverside move ever, managers at the County’s Riverside University Health System (RUHS) … Read More
In support of our fellow nurse, Miss Colorado, we nurses wear more than a stethoscope. We wear the concerns, welfare and well-being of our patients, community and profession. As LA county nurses, we are patients’ advocates; we take care of our vulnerable populations, uninsured and underinsured, underserved and private sector patients.
In our “VIEW” we provide vital services to our clients and to the community and are certainly not “just a nurse.”
-#notjustanurse
Our Nurse celebration on May 30 was a huge success!
Our Los Angeles County nurses were honored for the outstanding care they provide to our community. Both Robin Ellis and Marva Burgess received our Florence Nightingale award for honoring the caring legacy of Florence Nightingale through an unrelenting dedication to uplift the critical role of Nursing in the healthcare field.