Nurses Ratify Three-Year Contract at USC Arcadia
Registered nurses and health care workers at USC Arcadia Hospital approved new three-year contracts covering November 5, 2026 through June 30, 2029.
Updated on Nov. 10, 2026 in Nursing Jobs
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Registered nurses and health care workers at USC Arcadia Hospital voted overwhelmingly to ratify three-year contracts. The agreements include an average 15.84% wage increase over their life and cover the period from November 5, 2026 to June 30, 2029.
Why it matters
The contracts were secured to improve patient safety and retention among nurses and health care workers at the hospital. They add safe staffing measures, including more resource nurses, and expanded workplace violence protections for bedside nurses.
The agreement includes an average 15.84% wage increase and five additional steps on the wage grid, covering more than 780 nurses represented by CNA and 740 ancillary workers represented by CHEU. USC Arcadia Hospital's response to the ratified terms has not yet been reported.
The players
California Nurses Association (CNA)
The California Nurses Association is a labor union representing registered nurses across California, and it represents more than 780 nurses at USC Arcadia Hospital.
Coalition of Hospital Employees United (CHEU)
CHEU is a union representing ancillary health care workers, and it represents 740 workers at USC Arcadia Hospital.
USC Arcadia Hospital
USC Arcadia Hospital is a hospital in Arcadia, California, operated in affiliation with the University of Southern California.
The details
Workers voted November 5-6, 2026 on the contracts, which include safe staffing improvements such as more resource nurses and giving bedside nurses a voice in staffing implementation. The agreements also add new certification pay language for education.
Timeline
November 5-6, 2026: Voting on ratification of the contracts took place.
November 5, 2026: The new contract period begins.
June 30, 2029: The new contract period ends.
Market Landscape
Hospital unions across California have increasingly bargained for staffing ratios and resource nurse protections alongside wages. The USC Arcadia agreement follows that pattern by pairing a 15.84% average raise with staffing and violence-prevention provisions.
Nurses and health care workers at USC Arcadia Hospital will receive wage increases averaging 15.84% and five additional wage-grid steps over the contract period. Staffing changes, including more resource nurses, will shape daily working conditions at the hospital through June 30, 2029.
The takeaway
Pay gains in these contracts are paired with staffing and violence-prevention terms, so workers considering health care jobs at USC Arcadia can weigh both compensation and working conditions. The contracts run through June 30, 2029.
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