For nurses, a strike is always a last resort. But we’ll do whatever it takes to protect our patients, our community, and our licenses.
St. Francis is bleeding nurses, with RN turnover higher than 50%, more than double the rate before Prime took over.
Prime has rejected every proposal we’ve made for safer patient care. They’ve also bargained in bad faith and infringed on our rights – unfair labor practices.
UNAC/UHCP MEMBERS & COMMUNITY ALLIES
- Show your solidarity with St. Francis registered nurses: Social Media Toolkit
- Upload link: Click here to upload photos from the strike line from Oct. 9-13
MEDIA
Below, please find data and background information regarding the joint strike against Prime Healthcare and St. Francis Medical Center by UNAC/UHCP and SEIU-UHW, as well as links to photos and video.
For any follow-up questions or help interpreting any of the data, contact: Jeff Rogers 909-263-7230 jeff.rogers@unacuhcp.org or Anjetta Thackeray 909-455-5146 anjetta.thackeray@unacuhcp.org
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- Media advisories and press releases
- RN turnover data at St. Francis
- Staffing objection forms filed against St. Francis with California Department of Public Health
- Wage Comparisons between St. Francis and Other Local Hospitals
- Unfair Labor Practice charges filed against St. Francis with the National Labor Relations Board
- Photos and Video for Media Use
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Media Advisories and Press Releases
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- October 5, 2023: MEDIA ADVISORY: Registered Nurses & Health Care Workers Launch Five-Day Strike Against Prime’s St. Francis Medical Center
- September 28, 2023: PRESS RELEASE: STRIKE – RNs and Almost All Health Care Staff to Strike St. Francis Medical Center 10/9 – 10/13
- August 23, 2023: MEDIA ADVISORY: Hundreds of Nurses and Allies Picket St. Francis Medical Center in Fight for Safe Care
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RN Turnover Rates and Costs
RN Turnover Rates and Costs – St. Francis and Nationally
St. Francis Turnover Rate Report 2017 – 2022
Staffing Objection Forms
Each staffing objection form filed with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) represents a unit and shift where RN staffing fell below the state-mandated Title XXII safe nurse-to-patient ratios. This means patients were in danger. The National Institutes of Health found that with every patient added to a nurse’s workload, patient mortality increases by 7%.
December 3, 2022 – May 1, 2023
December 5 – December 12, 2022
December 13 – December 18, 2022
December 21 – December 28, 2022
December 25, 2022 – January 1, 2023
December 24, 2022 – January 1, 2023
Wage Comparisons
St. Francis Wage Comparison Report
Unfair Labor Practice Charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board
September 25, 2023: Bad faith bargaining, interference, coercive conduct, and intimidation
October 2, 2023: Interference, restraint, and coercion of nurses in the exercise of their rights
Photos and Video
Link posting soon.