Huge Walkout by 4,000 Sutter RNs - A Dramatic Stand for Improved Patient Care

At a number of the hospitals, Sutter has responded with tactics of harassment and intimidation, said the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, which represents the RNs.

At Mills-Peninsula Health Services, with hospitals in Burlingame and San Mateo, hospital officials threatened to cut off healthcare coverage for nurses who participate in the walkout. (letter available upon request)

CNA/NNOC said today that it intends to file federal labor charges against the hospital for unilateral changes in the nurses' health benefits, and unlawful discrimination against RNs for federally protected union activity.