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Garden Grove Hospital nurse contract research

Published pay, benefits, and contract history for the RN bargaining-unit context. Sources and gaps are included below.

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Contract period and evidence

Contract / evidence period
Three years; ratified Sept. 23, 2025
Evidence type
Union ratification summary
Union / representation
UNAC/UHCP (GGRNA)
Research status
Current term documented

Published pay information

10.32–27.58%

Measure: Individual total range

Reported individual increase range over three years; annual installments and guaranteed ATB floor were not published.

Percentages cover the stated contract terms. Across-the-board totals, individual ranges, averages, and compounded growth describe different measures. Eligible steps and premiums may add to base increases.

Terms and benefits in the current evidence

Wage range

Total increases range from 10.32% to 27.58% over three years. The signed annual schedule is member-gated.

Floating

The ratification flyer reports a new float matrix and $2 differential. Cross-unit orientation details come from the earlier August TA update; the final signed wording is unavailable.

Other gains

The union reports a new experience step, five front-loaded sick days, higher service bonuses, cross-training, and protected bereavement. The earlier TA describes three paid plus two unpaid bereavement workdays; per diem receives five unpaid days.

Evidence limit

Current evidence is the ratification flyer plus an earlier TA update. The full current agreement and exact annual schedule were not publicly located.

Current source citations: Ratification summary p. 1; earlier August TA update p. 1

Agreement texts and supporting sources

Agreement and benefit history

Representation context: Garden Grove RNs won their first contract in 1975.

Garden Grove RNs won their first contract in 1975. The signed 2010-13 agreement and official 2019-forward results are public; all other signed terms are unavailable.

2010-2013 · Full agreement text

Garden Grove RN agreement

Bargaining unit: RN unit

Published wages: 3%, 3%, and 3% ATB; specialty/charge 5%; relief charge 5%; $2 preceptor.

  • Acuity/census staffing, floating, just cause, arbitration, and layoff/recall
  • Health, education, leave, bereavement, successorship, and 401(k)

Pages as cited in the research: printed 5-18, 25-41, 50-59

Link to this evidence entry

2019-2022 · Ratification summary

Garden Grove RN settlement

Bargaining unit: RN unit

Published wages: Year-one individual increases of 3%-46% through grid placement, then 3% in years two and three.

  • Health protected; paid mandatory education
  • Cancellation tracking, no mandatory split/rotation, and technology/scope protection

Pages as cited in the research: 1

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2022-2025 · Tentative agreement

Garden Grove RN settlement

Bargaining unit: RN unit

Published wages: ATB increases and substantial steps; exact percentages unpublished.

  • Higher evening, night, on-call, and preceptor pay
  • Education leave protected

Pages as cited in the research: 1

Link to this evidence entry

Three-year agreement ratified September 23, 2025 · Union ratification summary

Garden Grove RN settlement

Bargaining unit: RN unit

Published wages: Individual range: 10.32%-27.58% over the term.

  • New experience step, five front-loaded sick days, and $2 float differential
  • Service bonuses, cross-training, float matrix, and reported no takeaways
  • Earlier TA describes bereavement as three paid plus two unpaid workdays; per diem five unpaid days. Orientation detail is earlier TA language, not independently inspected final CBA wording.

Pages as cited in the research: 1

Agreement texts and supporting sources

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