1) SAFE STAFFING AND PATIENT CARE

• Staffing by Acuity and Ratios: UC must provide safe staffing in accordance with Title 22 and maintain state-mandated nurse-to-patient ratios at all times, based on patient acuity and RN clinical judgment.
• Technology & Professional Practice: UC must ensure bedside RNs are involved in the adoption and implementation of any new clinical technology.
• Meal & Break Coverage: UC must provide dedicated RN coverage for all legally required meal and rest breaks, without compromising staffing ratios or patient safety.
• Patient Care Over Profits: UC must prioritize patient safety and safe working conditions over University profits.

2) HEALTH AND SAFETY

• PPE and Safety Protocols: UC must provide adequate PPE and enforce evidence-based safety protocols that follow the precautionary principle to protect nurses and patients.
• Disaster Preparedness: UC must maintain and regularly update disaster preparedness plans, with RN input, to ensure safe and effective emergency responses at all UC facilities.
• Workplace Violence Prevention: UC must implement and enforce comprehensive workplace violence prevention plans, including staffing, training, and incident response.
• Safe and Respectful Work Environment: UC must provide a workplace free from violence, harassment, and intimidation, with clear enforcement and accountability measures – including presumptive eligibility for work-related illnesses and injuries.

3) UNION RIGHTS FOR NURSES AS PATIENT ADVOCATES

• Union Rights & Advocacy: UC must respect nurses’ union rights and our duty to act as patient advocates, free from retaliation or unjust discipline – including our rights to free speech, our right to protest, and our right to collectively advocate for our members, patients, and profession.
• Fair Hiring Practices and Career Advancement: UC must address disparities in hiring practices and promotions.

4) COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

• Economic Justice: UC must provide enhancements to RN pay to address economic disparity and to recruit and retain nurses across the UC system.
• Health Care and Retirement: UC must provide nurses with affordable health care and maintain the UCRP pension, retiree health benefits, and all other health and welfare benefits nurses have earned across the UC system.
• Education and Leave Access: UC must expand and improve UC nurses’ access to earned education, sick, vacation, and other leave benefits.

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