Demand Justice for Filipino Registered Nurses at California Hospital

Demand Justice for Filipino Registered Nurses at California Hospital

The Issue

In the past two years, California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) has decreased hiring rates of Filipino Registered Nurses (RNs) for no reason beyond xenophobic prejudice. The hospital's administrators have been known to actively tell their hiring staffs not to hire Filipinos and foreign graduates.

The California Nurses Association has filed a class action lawsuit against CPMC. Filipino American community organizations called to demand a transparent meeting with the hospital's administrators, a cooperative investigation by the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, and a public apology for their hiring practices.

Stand in solidarity with the CNA and community organizations to protect the rights of workers against discrimination.

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Erin PangilinanPetition StarterErin Jerri Malonzo Pangilinan graduated with a BA from UC Berkeley as an Ethnic Studies and Asian American Studies double major with honors and is an active member of the Berkeley Asian American Pacific Islander Alumni Association. She continues to write as a news correspondent for Philippine News for five years, and has published news and poetry in Yellow as Turmeric, Fragrant as Cloves: A Contemporary Anthology of Asian American Women's Poetry, {m}aganda magazine, and hardboiled asian american newsmagazine.
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The Issue

In the past two years, California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) has decreased hiring rates of Filipino Registered Nurses (RNs) for no reason beyond xenophobic prejudice. The hospital's administrators have been known to actively tell their hiring staffs not to hire Filipinos and foreign graduates.

The California Nurses Association has filed a class action lawsuit against CPMC. Filipino American community organizations called to demand a transparent meeting with the hospital's administrators, a cooperative investigation by the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, and a public apology for their hiring practices.

Stand in solidarity with the CNA and community organizations to protect the rights of workers against discrimination.

Photo credit: Facility Blog

avatar of the starter
Erin PangilinanPetition StarterErin Jerri Malonzo Pangilinan graduated with a BA from UC Berkeley as an Ethnic Studies and Asian American Studies double major with honors and is an active member of the Berkeley Asian American Pacific Islander Alumni Association. She continues to write as a news correspondent for Philippine News for five years, and has published news and poetry in Yellow as Turmeric, Fragrant as Cloves: A Contemporary Anthology of Asian American Women's Poetry, {m}aganda magazine, and hardboiled asian american newsmagazine.
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The Decision Makers

Warren Browner
Warren Browner
California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC)
Diana Karner
Diana Karner
Sutter West Bay Vice-President of Nursing

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Petition created on September 21, 2010