Sutter Psych News Today

Nurses at Sutter’s Sacramento psychiatry hospital unionize; Rideout RNs ratify contract [The Sacramento Bee] Dec. 31—The California Nurses Association achieved two victories in December after registered nurses at Marysville’sAdventist Health and Rideout hospital voted to ratify a three-year labor agreement and RNs at Sutter Center for Psychiatry in Sacramento voted to join the union. CNA now will represent roughly 100 nurses in bargaining with Sutter Health for a new contract at the hospi...

Psych Hospital Union Win in Years Registered nurses who work in the Sutter Health’s Sutter Center for Psychiatry Hospital in Sacramento have voted by 83 percent to join the California Nurses Association. This is the largest free standing psychiatric hospital in Northern California to achieve a union representation win in many years. In a mail ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board, the RNs voted 62 to 13 for the union - an 83 percent victory margin. The ballots wer...