{"id":1083,"date":"2025-07-16T22:56:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T22:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lavoz.us.com\/homepage\/?p=1083"},"modified":"2025-07-16T22:56:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T22:56:17","slug":"petaluma-valley-hospital-nurses-protest-contract-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavoz.us.com\/homepage\/uncategorized\/petaluma-valley-hospital-nurses-protest-contract-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Petaluma Valley Hospital Nurses Protest Contract Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The workers accuse the hospital\u2019s management, owned by Providence, of cutting shifts beyond what is allowed. The union has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board.<\/strong><br><br>Nurses at Petaluma Valley Hospital held a protest today in response to alleged contract violations by hospital management. The demonstration was organized by the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), which accuses the Providence-owned facility of breaching existing labor agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the union, since March, the hospital has excessively reduced work shifts, surpassing the limits set in the contract: no more than 14 shift reductions per year and 24 hours per month per nurse. One nurse, quoted in a NUHW statement, claims to have lost up to $7,000 in wages due to the cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, the union filed a formal grievance with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), demanding corrective action and adherence to the collective bargaining agreement. The protest also aimed to draw public and governmental attention to what union members describe as abusive labor practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main demonstration took place from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. outside the hospital, located on North McDowell Boulevard. Nurses carried signs and gave speeches denouncing working conditions that they say harm both their well-being and the quality of care they can provide to patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enfermeras del Hospital Petaluma Valley protestan por violaciones contractuales<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Las trabajadoras acusan a la administraci\u00f3n del hospital, propiedad de Providence, de reducir turnos m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de lo permitido. El sindicato present\u00f3 una queja ante la Junta Nacional de Relaciones Laborales.<\/strong><br><br>Las enfermeras del Hospital Petaluma Valley realizaron hoy una protesta frente al centro m\u00e9dico, en respuesta a presuntas violaciones de contrato por parte de la administraci\u00f3n. La movilizaci\u00f3n fue convocada por el sindicato National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW), que acusa a la gerencia del hospital \u2014propiedad de Providence\u2014 de incumplir los acuerdos laborales vigentes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seg\u00fan el sindicato, desde marzo se han reducido excesivamente los turnos de trabajo, superando los l\u00edmites establecidos en el contrato: un m\u00e1ximo de 14 reducciones al a\u00f1o y 24 horas por mes por cada enfermera. Una de las trabajadoras, citada en un comunicado del NUHW, afirma haber perdido hasta 7,000 d\u00f3lares en salarios a ra\u00edz de estos recortes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ante esta situaci\u00f3n, el sindicato present\u00f3 una queja formal ante la Junta Nacional de Relaciones Laborales (NLRB, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s), exigiendo que se tomen medidas correctivas y se respete lo acordado en el contrato colectivo. La protesta busca tambi\u00e9n llamar la atenci\u00f3n del p\u00fablico y de las autoridades sobre lo que consideran una pol\u00edtica laboral abusiva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La manifestaci\u00f3n principal tuvo lugar entre las 11:00 a.\u202fm. y la 1:00 p.\u202fm. frente al hospital, ubicado en North McDowell Boulevard. Las enfermeras portaron pancartas y realizaron discursos denunciando las condiciones laborales que, aseguran, afectan tanto a su bienestar como a la calidad de atenci\u00f3n que pueden ofrecer a los pacientes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Petaluma Valley Hospital Nurses Protest Contract Violation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vPx81lTD_tg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The workers accuse the hospital\u2019s management, owned by Providence, of cutting shifts beyond what is allowed. 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