Orange · UCI Health · approximately 1.5 mi from St. Joseph Orange
Published pay, benefits, and contract history for the RN bargaining-unit context. Sources and gaps are included below.
Research reviewed .
19.49 percentage points
Measure: UCI scheduled percentage-point total, before steps
19.49 percentage points; about 20.95% compounded, plus eligible July steps each year.
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.
5.33%, 5.33%, 4.83%, and 4.0%, plus eligible July steps. UCIH ratification payments: $4,510 for eligible career RNs and $1,500 for eligible per-diem RNs; hire-by-November 1, 2025 and unit-status conditions apply.
Patient-need staffing and competency/orientation protections. Staffing/acuity disputes use PPC and special-review procedures rather than ordinary grievance/arbitration. Floating limits have float-pool and multi-location-role exceptions.
Staffing must be maintained during meal/rest periods. Article 14.D caps missed-break penalty pay at two hours per workday; Article 14.E limits each meal/rest category per shift and requires reporting. Waiver/deferral conditions apply.
On-call pay is $20/hour from January 1, 2026. Qualifying full-time career certification pay is $100/month, prorated for part-time. Eligible per-diem nurses have a separate one-time $600 provision after 1,000 prior-contract-year hours.
Non-probationary nurses have just-cause, notice, response, grievance, and arbitration protections. Per-diem protections have scheduling-commitment and probation exceptions.
UCI clinical RNs received 8%, 7%, and 7% guaranteed ATB/equity increases—about 23.6% compounded—plus eligible July steps under the 2022–25 agreement.
UCnet publishes this as the complete ratified agreement. Its Appendix A hourly wage tables are still pending; Article 40 supplies the raise schedule.
Non-probationary discipline protections and per-diem scheduling/probation exceptions apply. Staffing/acuity disputes use PPC and special-review procedures; ordinary grievance/arbitration is not a universal staffing route. Floating, break-pay, bonus, and premium provisions have stated conditions.
Current source citations: Article 40 wages pp. 141–142; staffing/floating pp. 24–28; breaks pp. 37–39; safety pp. 49–52; discipline pp. 19, 112–113; technology p. 145; subcontracting p. 147
Representation context: Systemwide CNA unit; current contract covers 25,000 UC RNs.
UC-CNA representation year 1983 is documented. Full agreement texts are located for 2002–2005 and 2013 onward; full 2005–2007, 2008–2010, and 2011–2013 texts remain gaps. Official summaries and labeled journal context supplement those gaps.
1990-1993 · Contemporaneous report
Bargaining unit: RN unit
Published wages: 3% retroactive plus 3% the following May; complete schedule unavailable.
No agreement-text page citation is available for this entry.
Link to this evidence entry2002-2005 · Full agreement text
Bargaining unit: RN unit
Published wages: UCI classification-specific market adjustments, a new step system, and July progression.
Pages as cited in the research: 13, 19, 22, 47, 55, 71-79
Link to this evidence entry2005–2007; 2006 reopener · Secondary journal report
Bargaining unit: RN unit
Published wages: UCI: 3% in October 2006 and 2% in early 2007.
Pages as cited in the research: 39-40
The full MOU was not located. Later reopener percentages are secondary journal reporting; the employer release only corroborates the original agreement ratification.
2008 settlement through Sept. 30, 2010 · Employer tentative-agreement summary
Bargaining unit: RN unit
Published wages: Employer TA summary reports average 6% market-range increases and eligible steps; full annual schedule not located.
No agreement-text page citation is available for this entry.
2011-2013 · Union ratification summary
Bargaining unit: RN unit
Published wages: Official summary reports average increases of at least 11% over 26 months; CPER separately reports 3%, 4%, and 4% plus service steps.
No agreement-text page citation is available for this entry.
2013-2017 · Full agreement text
Bargaining unit: RN unit
Published wages: UCI: 4% each year - about 17.0% compounded - plus July steps.
Pages as cited in the research: 13-25, 48-55, 71-72
Link to this evidence entry2018-2022 · Full agreement text
Bargaining unit: RN unit
Published wages: UCI combined events 3%, 5%, 3%, 4%, and 3% yield about 19.33% compounded before steps; same-day add-ons do not separately compound.
Pages as cited in the research: 19–31, 73, 82, 106–107
Link to this evidence entryJuly 9, 2022–Oct. 31, 2025 (operative Article 38) · Full agreement text
Bargaining unit: RN unit
Published wages: UCI clinical RNs: 8%, 7%, and 7% - about 23.6% compounded - plus steps and recognition payments.
Pages as cited in the research: 79-81, 132-135, 191-195
The cover prints different dates; Article 38, physical p. 131 / printed p. 130, supplies the operative term.
Link to this evidence entry2025-2030 · Full agreement text
Bargaining unit: RN unit
Published wages: UCI: 5.33%, 5.33%, 4.83%, and 4% - about 20.95% compounded - plus steps and bonuses.
Pages as cited in the research: 19, 24–28, 37–39, 47–52, 86–88, 112–113, 141–148