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Pat Maio at The Orange County Register reports Members of the California Nurses Association (CNA) have ratified a four-year agreement for nearly 24,000 Registered Nurses (RNs) employed at the University of California (UC), which features an 18.5% minimum increase in wages over the life of the four-year contract across the University\u2019s 19 Medical Centers and Campuses, the CNA announced over the weekend. The contract also caps health care premium increases and adds \u201cprotections to improve patient safety and Nurse retention.\u201d The new contract, which also places restrictions on UC floating RNs between facilities and adds improvements to meal and rest breaks and workplace violence-prevention policies, covers the period from November 1st (2025) to January 31st, 2029. Under the contract, RNs were guaranteed a central role in selecting, designing and validating new technology, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems. \u201cUC Nurses were unified in our demands for a contract that reversed and halted UC management\u2019s growing practice of short-staffing facilities, cutting back on resources and forcing (RNs) to do more with less support,\u201d said Marlene Tucay, an RN at UC Irvine and a Bargaining Team Member. \u201cAs a result of the commitment of all CNA Members, we won a contract that will improve outcomes for Nurses and our patients.\u201d<\/p>\n