California nurses celebrate the passage of Proposition 50

Nurses say Prop 50 helps protect democracy and levels the playing field

California union nurses celebrate the passage of Proposition 50, which helps protect democracy and levels the playing field in response to President Trump's congressional power grab, announced California Nurses Association (CNA). Nurses and other volunteers with the union knocked on more than 17,000 doors and made more than 394,500 calls, urging voters to vote Yes on Prop 50.

"We are grateful that California voters have unequivocally approved Prop. 50 to stand up to Texas and other states stealing the voting power of Black, Brown, and working-class people to maintain control in Congress," said Sandy Reding, RN and a president of CNA. "Prop. 50 fights back against the racist redistricting in Texas and other states. Elections matter. We saw what happened in July when the Republicans voted to pass H.R. 1, gutting Medicaid and taking health insurance away from millions of people to fund tax cuts for billionaires and corporations.

"Nurses know that our vulnerable patients' lives are on the line," continued Reding. "Now we must fight to get health care funding back for millions of people across the country. We must fight to restore collective bargaining rights for federal workers, including our VA nurses. And nurses know, when we fight, we win."