San Francisco public-health nurses will soon vote on whether to strike ahead of the expiration of their contract with The City, which is currently set for the end of June.
Bollinger and dozens of nurses gathered outside the hospital Thursday, charging the Department of Public Health with ongoing mismanagement of the facility and bad-faith bargaining in the current negotiations. The Department of Public Health told The Examiner that significant progress has been made in hiring and retaining permanent registered nurses as the pandemic recovery continues. A spokesperson said the department has hired 166 new nurses since December and is planning on hiring 50 more by June 30.
Oakland airport now has San Francisco in its name Oakland International Airport will now be known as San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport, much to the chagrin of officials in The City The decertification left nearly 700 patients in limbo, with some undergoing unexpected transfers and others even winding up in homeless shelters with nowhere else to go. A dozen patients died. Transfers were paused until the hospital was recertified last year.