UC nurses set to vote on new five-year contract

Some 14,000 registered nurses working in University of California medical centers and student health centers are scheduled to vote this week on a new five-year labor contract, after 20 months of negotiations. The agreement calls for a 15 percent pay raise, staffing to provide "safe patient care" and workplace violence and sex harassment protections, according to a news release from the California Nurses Association, a labor union that represents 100,000 members throughout California.