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Membership

Through joining together and working as a team, UNAC/UHCP’s 32,000+ members have won huge victories and raised standards for our patients, our professions and our communities. The first step is to sign a UNAC/UHCP membership card. If you haven’t already signed, a UNAC/UHCP rep will visit your unit soon. Read More

FAQ: Joining UNAC/UHCP

Q: WHO IS UNAC/UHCP? UNAC/UHCP (United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals) was founded in 1972 by registered nurses at Kaiser Fontana. Since that time, UNAC/UHCP has grown from a handful of nurses to represent over 32,000 health care professionals, including registered nurses, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives,… Read More

SFRNA Community Vigil

On Tuesday, St. Francis Registered Nurses Association (SFRNA) held a joint vigil with SEIU members at St. Francis Medical Center (SFMC) to encourage Verity Health Care to be accountable for its commitment to employees, quality patient care, and the community. SFMC’s parent company recently filed for bankruptcy protection. Special thanks… Read More

St. Francis Bankruptcy

Last week, Verity Health, parent company of St. Francis Medical Center, filed for bankruptcy. On Wednesday of this week, our attorneys, including a specialized bankruptcy attorney retained for this issue, participated in an Emergency Hearing in federal bankruptcy court to stake out UNAC/UHCP’s interests in protecting members’ wages, benefits, and… Read More

Important Kaiser Update

IMPORTANT UPDATE With developments occurring rapidly around Kaiser negotiations and our new union alliance, we want to make sure you have the latest information. New Union Alliance The 21 local unions who left the coalition on Monday have been actively working to establish a new structure – one that builds… Read More

I Am a Man

Martin Luther King told the Memphis sanitation workers, “it is a crime for people to live in this rich nation and receive starvation wages.” Read More

Know Your Weingarten Rights

WHAT IS WEINGARTEN? An employee may be represented by the union at an investigatory interview with his/her supervisor when the employee reasonably believes that the interview may lead to a disciplinary action. This rule was set forth by the US Supreme Court in 1975 in NLRB v J. Weingarten, Inc. Read More

Social Media Policy

United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals has created this social media policy to explain to members and the public our social media policy. UNAC/UHCP monitors our social media feeds. Posting comments or material that is abusive, defamatory, pornographic, crude, offensive, or insulting may result in the person… Read More

Join the Retiree Council

Even though you are retired, you need to stay informed and active to protect your retirement security. Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid are being attacked as never before, with some politicians calling for cuts in Social Security and the elimination of Medicare as we know it! What’s more, employers will… Read More