September 23, 2024
SRMC union holds public forum with lieutenant governor as more claims of retaliation arise
The day before the United Health Professionals of New Mexico and Sandoval Regional Medical Center were set to go to the table for the first time to negotiate for a collective bargaining unit, the union held a round table/community forum at The Hub with Lt. Governor Howie Morales and several nurses from SRMC.
September 18, 2024
Rio Rancho Observer: SRMC union holds public forum with lieutenant governor as more claims of retaliation arise
The day before the United Health Professionals of New Mexico and Sandoval Regional Medical Center were set to go to the table for the first time to negotiate for a collective bargaining unit, the union held a round table/community forum at The Hub with Lt. Governor Howie Morales and several nurses from SRMC.
September 18, 2024
Sandoval Signpost: Community leaders show support for health care workers union
The United Health Professionals New Mexico, which represents University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center workers, hosted a community forum in Rio Rancho on Sept. 17 to discuss the hospital’s quality of care and accountability. Lt. Gov. Howie Morales, state Rep. Kathleen Cates and County Commissioner Katherine Bruch were among the guest speakers for the UHPNM forum.
September 6, 2024
Judge rules SRMC must bargain with union
A district court judge denied a request Thursday from the University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center to avoid bargaining with the United Health Professionals New Mexico division of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), which represents UNM SRMC workers.
September 4, 2024
Sandoval Signpost: Letter to the Editor: UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center Is Harming Patients’ Interests by Refusing to Negotiate a Contract
The University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center is not only breaking state law but also jeopardizing the care of its own patients by refusing to allow some of its healthcare workers to be members of a union and have a voice in patient care.
August 12, 2024
Rio Rancho Observer: Letter to the Editor: Unionized workforce helps nurses, patients
Because of my current health issues, I know more than I’d care to know about the quality of care at University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center. As an inpatient and an outpatient over the last several years, I’m frustrated and furious about the lack of specialists, an oversupply of ill-trained traveling nurses and physician assistants and an undersupply of fully certified nurses and other health care professionals to help patients when they need care.
July 19, 2024
Rio Rancho Observer: Letter to the Editor: SRMC needs leadership to help nurses, patients
I’m a nurse at the University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center. This week, I had to watch a woman cry in the waiting room. I passed her multiple times. She was always crying. She just needed to see a doctor.
To that patient, I want to make it clear:
I saw you. I know you were in pain. I know you needed things. I’m sorry. It’s not your fault, and it’s not mine.
July 11, 2024
Rio Rancho Observer: Letter to the Editor: Why the failure to bargain with union?
Michaela Helean’s article on Jamie Silva-Steele and her work at Sandoval Regional Medical Center fails to address the elephant in the hospital room. The article excludes any explanation of the hospital administration’s failure to bargain with the nurses’ union. This reader wants to know why Silva-Steele would use the hospital’s funds for a union-busting law firm and temporary nurses rather than for salaries and benefits for nurses.
June 26, 2024
Sandoval Signpost: Letter to the Editor: UNM Sandoval RMC Can and Should Do Better
Sandoval needs to be held accountable and must offer solutions to improve the ratings, improve recruitment and retention, and offer training and education for all staff.
June 21, 2024
Rio Rancho Observer: Union alleges UNM SRMC is retaliating against employee
United Health Professionals of New Mexico, a union representing nurses and other health professionals at the University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center, filed charges against the hospital Thursday
May 30, 2024
Rio Rancho Observer: GUEST EDITORIAL: How to fix the emergency at Sandoval Regional Medical Center
When you rush to a hospital’s emergency department, you’re sick or injured and need care as quickly as possible. If it’s a possible heart attack or stroke, time is of the essence. If it’s a broken femur, you’re in excruciating pain and need to be seen right away. If you slashed your finger while slicing tomatoes, you don’t want a dangerous infection to set in because of a long wait before it’s seen and sutured.
Jan 10, 2024
KOAT7: Hospital workers in Sandoval County address their work conditions
Former workers at Sandoval Regional Medical Center are trying to bring attention to the working conditions and issues they say have been going on for years.
Dec 18, 2023
Rio Rancho Observer: Health Workers Bring Concerns About Working Conditions At Sandoval Regional Medical Center To Regents
Prior to the Dec. 14 University of New Mexico Board of Regents meeting, the United Health Professionals of New Mexico and Rep. Kathleen Cates (D-44) raised white flags at a vigil for the nearly 100 nurses — 25% of the total staff — who have “fled Sandoval Regional Medical Center’s unacceptable working conditions this year.”
Dec 14, 2023
KOB4: Health workers speak out on working conditions at Rio Rancho hospital
Nurses are sounding the alarm about working conditions at the UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center. They claim staff members are leaving in large numbers.
Nov 23, 2023
Rio Rancho Observer, Letter to the Editor: Community deserves more from SRMC
SRMC has misused our tax dollars and is failing us. It provides sub-standard care and refuses to listen to the healthcare professionals who know what we need. We deserve better. We are paying for better.