Santa Clara County’s public hospital nurses have reached a deal with management after a contentious labor dispute rocked the region’s health system.
More than 88 percent of the Registered Nurses Professional Association’s roughly 4,000 members voted last week to ratify a tentative four-year agreement that will go before the Board of Supervisors on June 4 for final approval. For months, nurses and county leaders were at odds over pay raises, worker safety and a controversial proposal to float nurses between different hospitals. The dispute reached a breaking point in April when thousands of nurses went on strike – forcing the county to spend more than $20 million on traveling nurses to keep hospitals running. The strike ended after three days as contract talks continued behind closed doors.
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