CNA, Sutter Reach Agreement for California Pacific, St. Luke’s Nurses

SAN FRANCISCO—Registered nurses who are members of the California Nurses Association will vote in April on a new 34-month proposed contract with California Pacific Medical Center that includes a 6 percent wage increase and guaranteed meal and rest breaks, the union announced March 27.

The tentative agreement would replace the last pact, which expired in June 2007, and would put nurses at the Sutter Health-owned CPMC California campus and St. Luke’s Hospital under one collective bargaining agreement. The proposal covers some 800 registered nurses and includes safe patient handling provisions to stem patient falls and injuries to patients and nurses. ...