CRONA Nurses are speaking up for patient care! High numbers of travel Nurses and non-core staff assigned to the unit. Brandon Kim '25 is a Managing Editor for The Grind and a staff writer for News. (most current articles on top; see previous newsletters for additional articles), San Jose Mercury News/Times-Herald: Im exhausted: Why Stanford nurses are preparing to strike and others already have. As Nurses, we value straight talk. Please send us an email to inquire. SF Chronicle 5/2/22: Stanford, Packard nurses vote overwhelmingly to end strike, approve new contract, Mother Jones 5/2/22: After a Week on Strike, Stanford Nurses Just Approved a New Contract, The Stanford Daily 5/2/22: Stanford nurses ratify contract with hospitals, set to resume work on Tuesday, KQED 5/2/22: Stanford Nurses Approve New Contracts, Ending Weeklong Strike, Healthcare Drive 5/3/22: Stanford nurses ratify deal, ending weeklong strike, Beckers Hospital Review 5/3/22: Stanford, Lucile Packard nurses OK 3-year contracts, return to work. The online meetings are second Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. If you will not be able to attend, please look for your alternate now so that your alternate may request October 4th off during the upcoming schedule request period. You should work through your regularly scheduled end time. Over 30,000 people have. The hospitals proposal, however, still has pitfalls that we have previously identified. CRONA has launched an online petition that has garnered over 26,000. Certification pay: last quarterly payment will be with paycheck for first full pay period in July, then payment schedule changes to semiannual with the first payment due in October 2022. Ask him about philosophy, hiking very tall mountains and old-school Korean pop. All CRONA Nurses encouraged to help us close out the week we will be taking Saturday and Sunday off because we all deserve it. strike is only one stage of the contract process. We stood strong behind our demands for fair contracts that give us the resources and support we need to take care of ourselves, our families and our patients, Borgees wrote in the release. To change your pre-tax or after-tax contributions, log on to theFidelitywebsite. People walk out on patients that still need helpImagine if it was your mother or your father.. Scott Adams faces 'consequence culture' as U.S. newspapers drop Dilbert, Tom Cruise's 'ditching' of Suri showcased by Judd Apatow's 'co-parenting' joke, ex-Scientology exec says. What way forward for the nurses strike at Stanford Health? Nursing Experience: started at SHC as a new graduate 2 year ago. Incentive pay will be provided for some nurses in hard-to-staff areas, including emergency departments and for those who care for the most severely ill patients. Elected officials across the Bay Area are calling on Stanford and Packard hospital administrators to recognize the burnout and exhaustion that has pushed nearly 5,000 nurses to go on strike and to rescind the decision to cut off health care for striking nurses. You may click the button to sign up for your preferred picketing shifts. Our unity was key to our success in our contract negotiations. During the pandemic nursing shortage, hospitals have increasingly turned to high-paid travel nurses to fill the gaps, fostering resentment year-round. Interestingly, earlier this year, Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced a bill that would make it illegal for companies to terminate health benefits during a strike. Awareness: Understanding the Issues facing Nursing and Healthcare staff today, Education: Eliminating gaps in knowledge through real-life scenarios, Empowerment: Hands on approach to a safe environment, Eliminate Violence: Ready set release technique, Presenter:Dr. Sandra Risoldi DNP, MSN Ed. Please see the information about upcoming events. CRONA Vice President. This is money that is contributed automatically, even if the Nurse does not make any contribution. Dale E. Beatty, Stanford Health Cares chief nurse executive, and Jesus Cepero, the chief nurse officer for Stanford Childrens Health, wrote in an emailed statement: This standard practice is not unique to our hospitals and applies to any of our employees on unpaid status, including those who leave the hospital to transition to another job.. For all Nurses with a step change, retro pay should be in the June 3 paycheck. Do you have questions about the new contracts? Now is the time to consider increasing your 403(b) Retirement Plan contributions. The two sides started at 10% and 24% respectively. Please bring CRONA picket signs (along with yourself) back to the picket line. Some of these reminders relate to language from prior contracts, others are reminders about new contract language. Many nurses have given up on the field, leaving hospitals short-staffed and struggling to meet legal nurse-to-patient ratios. On some recent shifts, on some units, there were more travelers working than core staff. Recent health care strikes also took place in Oregon, Massachusetts, New York, Montana and Alabama. Really? Stanford warns that the strike will be unsettling for patients and highly divisive to its care teams. Stanford nurses are asking for annual wage increases of 7% for each of the next two years and 6% in the final year of their contract, with $3,000 bonuses and ongoing mental health counseling. Make sure to familiarize yourself with our contracts - when you know your contract, you know your rights! Half an hour later,the CRONA president camebyand offered to cover the PICU on a shift-to-shift basis since so many patients were uncovered. After days of negotiations, the nurses union, Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement, announced a deal that would raise nurses salaries 7% this year, 5% in April 2023 and another 5% in April 2024, and boost their health benefits. The Stanford Hospital and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital scheduled a formal bargaining session on Tuesday with its nurses, who are scheduled to strike Monday, the nurse's union announced . The new wage scales are linked on our Negotiations page. Her experience includes oncology/hematology/stem cell transplant and oncology float team. The requirements for each step shifted along with the numbering of the steps and there are still 12 steps in the pay scale. He is majoring in Political Science with a minor in Creative Writing. But it could fundamentally change the standing of many veteran workers, said Spetz. Details about tomorrows Unity Picnic event (and venue change!) If there is an error, file a ticket online via the hospitals AskHR on the intranet. Nursing Experience: 27 years in pediatric hematology, oncology, and stem cell transplant at LPCH. If you are having problems accessing your medical benefits that are not addressed by the hospitals communications, please contact us atcrona@crona.org. With nurses in short supply, unions have new leverage and have emerged as increasingly powerful voices in a tight job market. When working overtime shifts in the ICU and later the post-anesthesia care unit, Kathy Stormberg recalled times at home when there werent enough hours in a row to get a load of laundry washed, dried and folded.I cancelled going places, and seeing friends. Please note the deadline, listed below. But negotiations soon stalled, and 93% of eligible nurses voted April 8 to strike, leading to the unions first picket line in more than 20 years. . April 27, 2022, CRONA Nurses Strike On Monday Even As Your Team Keeps Working April 23, 2022, At the Table and at the Picket Line: Your CRONA Negotiating Team Is Working Hard for Fair Contracts ; April 22, 2022, Nurses Get Ready to Make History ; April 20, 2022, We Are Protected - Legal Info About Strike ; April 21, 2022, CRONA Area Reps: Strike begins for EVERYONE Monday morning at 6:45 am SHC / 7:00 am LPCH; April 20, 2022. (Photo: CRYSTAL CHEN/The Stanford Daily) By Brandon Kim April 15, 2022, 12:55 a.m.. Provider approved by the California Board of. The petition is demanding that CEOs David Entwistle and Paul King immediately reverse this decision and pledge to maintain our benefits while we work to reach an agreement., The response to the petition from Stanford was not comforting. It also gives you a 60-day period in which to decide whether to elect this continuation coverage. Other units did call for SNC; some were able to meet their staffing needs with SNC Nurses while others were not. The union has not set an end date for the strike. In January 2022, a nurse on a contract at Stanford hospital walked out of their shift and killed themself, highlighting the need for better mental health and wellness support services and for. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has been out on the picket line this week. Being in a labor dispute should not mean you lose access to health care. Our presence is an important reminder to the hospitals that they need to come to an agreement with CRONA to end the strike; our purpose is to inform, not block entrances. KPFA 94.1 FM (audio): Stanford nurses to strike (interview with CRONA VP Kathy Stormberg), Mother Jones: Stanford Threatens to Cut Health Care for Nurses Who Go on Strike, Nurse.org: Striking Stanford Nurses Will Lose Health Benefits, SF Chronicle: Sutter chain locking out nurses who staged one-day strike. Senator Padilla will be joined by other allies from our community standing in solidarity with Nurses. To us, it just shows us, Why are we putting our lives out there, taking time away from our families, making all these sacrifices? Its a slap in the face that we dont get what we deserve.. 5/9/22: Jonah Furmans labor newsletter (Jonah Furman is from Labor Notes; newsletter mentions CRONAs recent strike and contract), Nurse.org 4/7/2022: Another Nurse Prosecuted For The Death of a Patient (no CRONA mention, however is in regard to Just Culture in Nursing). 2023 THE STANFORD DAILY PUBLISHING CORPORATION, Privacy Policy Accessibility Advertise, Donate and support The Daily when you shop on Amazon. Lets keep learning! Upcoming Dates to Track This Summer; CEU Class, and More July 22, 2022, Special Notice: When a Nurse Crosses the Picket Line June 20, 2022, Contract raises, retro pay, new steps June 2, 2022, Updates on retro pay, Nurse Week celebrations, and more! On a daily basis, well get at least one text message saying the unit is short-staffed, asking can I come in to work overtime? . Negotiations are finished, and now the work of enacting our new contract provisions has begun. Addressing the working conditions that are pushing nurses to the brink is key to establishing sustainability in the nursing profession and ensuring patient safety. CRONA, which saw its previous nursing contracts expire on March 31, notified hospitals earlier this month of its intent to strike after 93% of eligible nurses voted to authorize a labor stoppage. Renumbering of Steps. She previously served as a news desk editor. Or do they just want to see how much those additional travelers cost? There is a deadline to request charges be brought against a Nurse who violates our Bylaws. On a relative basis, nursing is a lucrative profession, and not just for the strike replacements. CRONA provided the required 10-day notice on April 13, more than 10 days before the start of our strike on April 25. 2023 THE STANFORD DAILY PUBLISHING CORPORATION, Privacy Policy Accessibility Advertise, Donate and support The Daily when you shop on Amazon. We were joined by electricians from IBEW Local 440. Nurses are not the only healthcare professionals fighting for better pay, patient care, and working conditions - doctors are, too! This means that you do not need to cancel appointments or procedures that you have on calendar. In our new contracts, the end date of the academic year will vary slightly from year to year, starting in August of 2023. The decision has garnered significant backlash from nurses and from Bay Area leaders, with California state assembly members Ash Kalra and Marc Berman and State Senator Josh Becker characterizing the move as a strike-breaking tactic and urging hospital administrators to return to the bargaining table.. Hospital administrators will withdraw health care benefits from striking nurses beginning May 1, according to CRONA. 17| Moderna for Kids, Physician-Influencers, Stanford Nurses Strike ZDoggMD, listen at minute 42:30 for Stanford Nurses Strike. Stanford nurses go on strike over pay, mental health services. Ask him about philosophy, hiking very tall mountains and old-school Korean pop. The CRONA Board wants to provide clear information to all Nurses regarding these procedures. Stanford nurses make calls for a fair contract during a rally in March 2022. Note that this applies to May 3 only. Inno Under 25 . Stanford nurses prepare for first strike in 20 years Entrance to the Stanford Hospital at 500 Pasteur. "Our goal has always been to reach a mutually acceptable agreement through good faith negotiations and have to date made meaningful progress at the bargaining table.". CRONA is committed to ensuring that employers are not allowed to weaponize health care benefits in the future. Last month, 8,000 nurses at 18 Sutter Health facilities staged a one-day strike to call for better staffing after working under an expired contract for 10 months. The last formal proposal on the table is one we made. Kids are allowed to carry signs as in photo above. SHC, AAU J7 Cardiology/Pulmonary Medicine. Nursing paying $12,000 to $13,000 a week to the Stanford replacements. 2022-2025 CRONA Contracts are online! A letter to David Entwistle and Paul King from Assemblymember Ash Kalra, 27th Assembly District; State Senator Josh Becker, 13th Senate District; Assemblymember Marc Berman, 24th Assembly District. The hospitals did not agree. The hospital asked to postpone negotiation of the details of that transition until after a tentative agreement on the overall contract was reached, and, as a sign of good faith, CRONA agreed. Striking nurses may pay to continue their health coverage through COBRA, a federal program that allows employees to temporarily extend their group health benefits, Beatty and Cepero added. She is a graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and worked on ProPublicas Electionland project during the 2016 presidential election. Theres no set amount of time youre required to picket but do plan on spending some time on the picket line. If a strike cannot be avoided, we will continue to do everything possible to get all 5,000 CRONA Nurses back to work quickly under fair contracts that recognize our worth and value our dedication to our profession and our patients. Nurses are writing in to let CRONAs leadership team know that they arent being paid correctly. . Set up get-togethers with your work friends on the picket line. We start this mornings email with some straight talk about the current status of negotiations. It is seen as a bullying tactic. Call to Area Representatives Serve as Hearing Board Members. If you put your badge down, Im going to pick it up, said Aleehya Carr of San Antonio, Texas, who hopes to work the Stanford strike. On April 13, CRONA gave notice of its intent to strike beginning April 25. We have an update on implementation of our new contract raises. Remember, we will be photographed and we want to convey our message clearly. CRONAs Bylaws (a) outline the procedures that govern charges and discipline for CRONA members who did not honor the strike line and (b) establish guidelines for the reinstatement of Nurses who resigned their CRONA membership and want to rejoin CRONA. April 25, 2022, 4:30 PM. We are elected by you, the CRONA Nurse membership. Please make sure the Nurses on your unit understand this. Stanford is offering wage increases 5%, 4% and 3%, plus ratification and retention bonuses. The union ,Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement received $3M in union dues last yer and is not giving nurses strike pay in one of the most expensive areas of the . Every provision is something CRONA Nurses fought hard for, so dont let an opportunity to take full advantage of your benefits and contract language pass you by! The solidarity on the picket line today was truly inspiring. At Packard, it is CRONAs understanding that there have been delays in implementing this commitment. He previously reported in Contra Costa County and before joining the Bay Area News Group he worked in Eureka and Santa Barbara. At Packard, notices are due to be sent soon. The employer Retirement Plan matching contribution starts after twelve (12) months of continuous employment. COBRA provides temporary continuation of your current group health coverage. Stanfords announcement on the eve of Easter and Passover was well-timed. Units with more than 20 CRONA Nurses have additional Area Reps; there is one Area Rep position for every 20 CRONA Nurses or part thereof for each unit. The CRONA Executive Board has adopted the following procedures for any applications for reinstatement. The hospitals will present the proposed process to CRONA leaders at the beginning of August; look for an announcement of the process in early August. Uploaded: Mon, May 2, 2022, 1:57 pm 1 Updated: Mon, May 2, 2022, 2:23 pm . On-Site EAP Access. A: Yes, go to work at your scheduled start time if it is before the start time of the strike (before 6:45 at Stanford or before 7:00 at Packard). The agreement will raise nurses salaries 7% this year, 5% in April 2023 and another 5% in April 2024, as well as boost their health benefits, according to the union, the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement. That tension played out at Sutter Health this past week, when nurses staged a one-day walkout but were replaced for the whole week by contract nurses. We will most likely not be allowed into the hospital to use the restrooms. The hospitals shared with CRONA their target dates for implementation of the new wage rates and retro pay, and they are: LPCH: the May 20 paycheck (covering pay period for 1 14 May) should reflect the new contract pay rates for all CRONA Nurses. CRONA gave more than the required 10-day notice to the hospitals in an effort to allow the hospitals to plan for adequate patient care. We gave report and walked outas a group. Experience in pediatric ICU, neonatal ICU, and CVICU critical care transport. In preparation for Mondays walkout, strike nurses from around the nation are being flown into the Bay Area and delivered by bus to Stanfords top-ranked hospitals. Thousands of nurses at Stanford and Lucile Packard Children's . Am I hopeful that an agreement will be reached before the deadline? The April 2022 wage scales show both the new step number and the old step number. Check Your Paychecks. One of the key features of our union is that your CRONA leadership team, myself included, are all actively practicing bedside Registered Nurses. Summer Lin covers breaking news and general assignment for The Mercury News. Pets: We ask that pets are not brought to the picket line. I had neverworked at aunion-represented hospitalbefore, soI knew I was a member but beyond that I did not even know we were in contract negotiations. The hospital will be sending a communication about this. Are they waiting to see if their bullying tactics work? Stanford and Lucile Packard Children's hospitals nurses dance in Welch Road on the first day of their strike on April 25, 2022. Some units are short-staffed due to sick calls, other are impacted by increased need for sitters; in both types of situations there were no additional staffing resources available. Subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to know about our daily giveaways from shoes to Patagonia gear, FIGS scrubs, cash, and more! We have heard from so many of you that now is our time! Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot concedes defeat, Southern California home sales fall to all-time low, Denver just got a direct flight to this Caribbean island known for music history and vegetarian cooking, NYC Mayor Adams dismisses need to separate church and state, declares himself a servant of God, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. RNPA, the union representing Nurses at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, cordially invites CRONA Nurses to attend their upcoming class: Villa Ragusa, 35 South Second St. Campbell, CA 95008, Class begins promptly at 8:00AM and ends at 4:30PM. Stanford would not provide a count of these traveling nurses, but the union says it can approach 25% in some sites, such as the Intensive Care Unit. Some units have excessive numbers of travelers, while others are missing equipment or supplies. Our steps are now numbered Step 1 through Step 12 rather than Step 2 through Step 13. We know that striking is a big step and some folks may be worried. Or the over 8-month strike in Worchester, Massachusetts? Deadline: Friday, September 16, 2022. But we never doubted our worth. Until tonight, the last on-the-record proposal was CRONAs proposal from April 12. Were writing to make sure it is clear that our strike to begins for EVERYONEon Monday, April 25, at 6:45 am at SHC and 7:00 am at LPCH. Are you taking full advantage of your benefits? Nurses standing up for each other and for patient care is a force to be reckoned with. Stanford Health Care (Photo: STEVE FISCH/Stanford Health Care) By Anuka Mohanpuhrand Brandon Kim May 1, 2022, 11:54 p.m. Nurses have given so much during this pandemic, Spetz said. Find him taking walks around town; he is always looking for story tips. Return to Work Times. Share. In preparation for Monday's walkout, "strike nurses" from around the nation are being flown into the Bay Area and delivered by bus to Stanford's top-ranked hospitals. "Striking is a last resort, but the hospitals are refusing to take our well-being seriously. Picketing tomorrow has been extended until 3:30 p.m., to allow families to join if they are able. Healthcare Dive has developed a tracker. That would change in an instant. ABC7 Los Angeles 5/31/2022:Resident physicians vote to authorize strike if necessary at 3 LA County hospitals. Contract, which still must be ratified, would give nurses salary raises totaling 17% over three years PALO ALTO, CA - APRIL 25: Registered nurses Kimberely Reed, center, and Colleen Borges,. Insufficient Nurses scheduled to meet minimum daily staffing numbers. Nursing Experience: started as a new graduate 15 years ago at LPCH. 26 April 2022 Five thousand Stanford and Packard nurses have launched a powerful and open-ended strike for wages, mental health services and a halt to dangerous understaffing, which has undermined . We have our Nurse Week event on Wednesday, May 11 from 5:00 10:00 p.m. The vote, which took place on Thursday, involved more than 5,000 nurses; more than 4,500 . Q: My start time is 6:45 at Stanford; do I go into the hospital to my unit? They will be located at the Family Resource Center (3rdFloor). #CRONAStrong! At Stanford, this request must be made through Workday; notices about the process were sent via employee email on Monday, July 18. Nurses Who Are Unable to Report on May 3. NBC Universal, Inc. To bring charges against a CRONA Nurse for crossing the picket line during the strike, emailcrona@crona.orgusing subject line Charges Against Member.. This would be followed by a 2% increase on Dec. 1, a 5% increase in April 2023 and a 5% increase in April 2024, according to the agreement. The decision to withdraw benefits is standard practice that is not exclusive to either of the hospitals, wrote Chief Nurse Executive and Vice President of Patient Care Services for Stanford Health Care Dale Beatty and Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President of Patient Care for Stanford Childrens Health Jesus Cepero in a joint statement to The Daily. Senator Padilla Will Join the CRONA Picket Line; the Work Continues April 29, 2022, CRONA Nurses hard at work on the table and on the picket line! This was not only a win with all the contract negotiations but a win that the hospital has recognized the importance of their nurses.. U.S. Please also let us know if you have any questions or concerns. Last November, Kaiser narrowly averted a strike of 50,000 health care workers. Im not competing with a nurse in Wyoming to buy my first home here in the Bay Area, Hernandez said. NEW INFORMATION! San Jose Mercury News 4/22: Im exhausted: Why Stanford nurses are preparing to strike. April 5, 2022, 12:19 a.m. Members of the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement (CRONA) will vote on whether to strike Stanford Hospital and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital on. 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As we walked out the front doors of thehospital,we were cheered by a huge crowd of off-dutyCRONANurseswho werealready walking the picket lines. Empty section. To reduce its workload next week and ensure it can provide critical and emergency care, Stanford may reschedule some elective procedures, said spokesperson Julie Greicius. As a result of the ongoing pandemic, current staff realized the importance of certain things. Strike nurses are typically the highest compensated nurses in the industry, with agencies like HSG and U.S. ling. At the time, the nurses union the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement (CRONA) was far smaller than it is today. Nursing Experience: 28 years in nursing; all but her first year at SHC. I encourage everyone to listen to the needs of these frontline heroes who led us through the pandemic and call on Stanford to invest in their nursing staff that are suffering from extreme exhaustion and burnout. In 2021, the BLS tracked 16 strikes involving 1,000 or more workers across all industries, and four of those involved unions representing healthcare workers. Strike Lead: There will be at least one person on every picketing shift designated as Strike Lead. She previously covered D.C. politics and California lawsuits for McClatchy's publications, including the Sacramento Bee, as a national real-time reporter. Before the end of the 60-day period,you will need to decide whether to pay for the continued coverage and for whom. Anuka Mohanpuhr 24 is the Financial Officer of The Stanford Daily. Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packards Childrens Hospital nurses have been working without a contract since March 31st, 2022. Youll be working a 12-hour shift, and be asked to stay over for another four hours. We even had Coca-Cola and AT&T representatives stop by to support us. It was one of the most powerful and moving experiences I have ever participated in. Beatty and Cepero defended the hospitals previous efforts to increase staffing, writing to The Daily that both hospitals have made significant investments in nurse staffing in recent years, even as many hospitals face unprecedented staffing challenges. According to Beatty and Cepero, the clinical nurse population at Stanford Health Care has increased by 36% since January 2019, while the clinical nurse population at Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital has increased by 24.5% in that same timespan. During the pandemic she worked many hours in SHCs vaccination clinics. If the agreement is ratified, nurses will be back to work as early as Tuesday, the union announced. According to the website, CRONA is an independent union for Registered Nurses at Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children's Health Stanford. On ProPublicas Electionland project during the pandemic she worked many hours in vaccination. Are still 12 steps in the future, others are missing equipment or supplies 13, is. 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