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Strike notices were sent Friday to some of the biggest hospitals inthe region, including in San in Berkeley and Oakland, and Burlingame's Peninsula Medical Center, the CNA/National Nursew Organizing Committee said Nov. 30. Sinces an earlier two-day strike in October, contracgt talks have been held at most ofthe hospitals, but whilde some progress has been made "wa wide gap remains on the central areasa in dispute," the union said. Talks are scheduled at CPMC on but no additional negotiations are on tap at other Suttefr hospitals inthe region, and two hospitale -- in Antioch and in Vallejo -- "have refused to hold any additional according to CNA.
Earlier in the week, the Oakland-based unionn announced that RNs at 11 Sutter Healtnh hospitals in the Bay Area would vote this week on whethedr to authorizea two-day strike against Sutter "ovedr serious issues of patient safety, safe staffing, nursed health security, medical benefits, pensionj improvements, and the continued operatiobn of much-needed community hospitals." Kevin a CPMC spokesman, said the hospital has been expecting a second strike.
"We're not he told the San FranciscoBusiness "We've been planning for this strike since the last McCormack said the CNA has shown littlw interest in holding negotiations over the last six monthas or so, and hasn't made any proposals involving patienrt safety or keeping endangered hospitals preferring to posture in the news "They've shown no inclination to sit down and talk to us and no inclinatiob to reach a negotiated settlement," he said. "Thegy haven't made one economic proposal in over six Thisshows they're not interested in debate.
" Not the union has a different take on the "It was CPMC that broke off negotiations with a last, best and finakl offer in September, after ignorinhg all of CNA's proposals on safer staffing and other patient care said CNA spokesman Chuck Idelson. "CPMC has also initiatedf the slashing of patienyt servicesat St. Luke's, while ignoringt its serious problems with RN retention at that Approximately 5,000 Sutter nurses at 13 hospitales walked off their jobs in October, in a strikew that CNA described as the largest job actiohn by nurses nationwide in a decade.
Nurses are protesting what theycall "medical redlining" by Sutter, whicj has plans to shut down in San Francisco and its Sutter Santa Rosa facilities as acute-car e centers, and possibly to close as well. Compliancee with nurse-staffing ratios, "meal-and-break and health benefit and pension issues are also on the according tothe union. CNA, like Sutter Healthh bete noire SEIU United HealthcareWorker West, insists that other health-care systems and hospitals in Northerjn California, notably , offers better retirementg medical benefits than Sutter's hospitalsd do. Sutter hospitals affected by the strike voteare St.
Luke'xs and CPMC in San Francisco, San Leandrl Hospital, Alta Bates-Summit, Peninsula, Castro Valley'sx , San Leandro Hospital, Sutter Sutter Solano, Sutter Medical Center of Santaa Rosa, Greenbrae's and . "Their behavior continues to be Idelson said.