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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Linda S. Bridge California Nurses Association Collection
Creator:
Bridge, Linda S.
Identifier/Call Number: URB.CNA-LSB
Extent:
4.21 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1987-2007
Date (bulk): 2001-2003
Abstract: Linda S. Bridge was an elected Nurse
Representative of the California Nurses Association at Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health
Center in Glendale, CA and member of the union's negotiating team at that hospital. This
collection consists of her files while in those roles. Materials include those used in the
unionization of registered nurses at Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center, ensuing
contract negations, and the implementation of those contracts. There is also a small amount
of material regarding statewide union initiatives.
Language of Material: English
At Glendale Memorial Hospital (GMHHC) in mid-2000 the California Nurses Association (CNA)
had their organizers stationed outside each of the GMHHC employee entrances. As the
Registered Nurses left the facility at the end of their shifts various organizers approached
us to ask if we would be interested in unionizing and joining CNA.
For six months CNA worked hard to organize GMHHC. The Union was in the process of
organizing a number of Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) facilities. At this point Saint
Bernadine's in San Bernardino was going to have its vote first The Union won by a large
margin. GMHHC's vote was taken shortly thereafter. But it was won only by the narrowest of
margins – 51%. There was a vote of the membership electing the negotiating team to represent
them with the `first contract' negotiators for CNA. Linda Bridge and four others were
elected. CHW and CNA corporate leadership agreed to not have a major fight in order to
establish a first contract. With this agreement only eleven meetings were required to
develop GMHHC's first contract that was to last 2 ½ years.
In 2003 Bridge was elected one of three negotiators for GMHHC. Negotiating this contract
was different from the first one in as much as ½ of it was accepted from the negotiated
contracts of CHW facilities in Northern California. The other ½ of the contract were items
that were facility specific. As a Nurse Representative Bridge helped both the RN's and
management of the Maternal-Child Health department learn the contract and its application to
our nursing responsibilities.
The
Linda S. Bridge California Nurses Association Collection
primarily consists of materials used in the unionization of registered nurses at Glendale
Memorial Hospital and Health Center, ensuing contract negotiations, and the implementation
of those contracts. There is also a small amount of material that includes statewide union
initiatives. Materials include articles, California Nurses Association membership packet and
union information, the California Nurses Association nurse representative manual and
information, correspondence, grievances, notes, pamphlets and working papers. The collection
has been organized into two series:
California Nurses Association
Organization Papers
(2001-2007), and
California Nurses
Association Representative Papers
(1987-2007).
Series I,
California Nurses Association Organization Papers,
documents the state-wide nurses association and includes the articles of incorporation and
by-laws of California Nurses Association, agreements between California Nurses Association
and Catholic Healthcare West hospitals in California, and other materials concerning
state-wide union initiatives, such as
Nurses versus Arnold. The
original titles have been kept and the folders are arranged alphabetically.
Series II,
California Nurses Association Representative Papers,
documents Ms. Bridge's role as a Nurse Representative of the California Nurses Association.
Materials include the California Nurses Association nurse representative manual and
conference information as well as negotiation material and contract agreements between
Catholic Healthcare West/Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center and Caregiver and
Healthcare Employees Union. Other records include case management policies and procedures,
and Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center grievances. The original titles have been
kept and the folders are arranged alphabetically.
Series I: California Nurses Association Organization Papers, 2001-2007
Series II: California Nurses Association Representative Papers, 1987-2007
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright
status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected
by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the
written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any
use rests exclusively with the user.
2008
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Linda S. Bridge. 11/07/2005. 2008
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Kimberlee M. Lico, 2005
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ephemera
Documents