Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., is hiring permanent replacement nurses during a strike by union-represented nurses in its 10th week, according to a May 12 hospital statement. 

Healthcare workers at Providence Milwaukie (Ore.) Hospital have reached their first union contract with hospital management, according to union and hospital statements. 

Nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., entered the 10th week of their strike May 10, as the labor dispute between the union representing about 800 nurses at the facility and the hospital's parent company, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, remains unresolved after recent negotiations.

A group of lawmakers is calling on Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare to expedite Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act benefits for nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., who have been on strike for about two months.  

Minneapolis-based Allina Health has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing 4,000 workers at its facilities in the Twin Cities area, according to a union statement.

Workers at three Tenet Healthcare hospitals in Southern California will hold a rally May 6 to highlight their concerns about staffing, wages and benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the union that represents them. 

Healthcare workers in 19 HCA Healthcare hospitals in Florida have approved a new contract that includes across-the-board raises and other benefits, according to the union that represents them. 

Hundreds of workers at CGH Medical Center in Sterling, Ill., have joined the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, according to hospital and union statements. 

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., and the union representing 800 nurses at the facility made progress during their second round of negotiations since the nurses launched their strike March 8, according to hospital and union statements.

Nurses at Portland-based Maine Medical Center have voted to join the Maine State Nurses Association, an affiliate of National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United.

Healthcare workers at McLaren Lapeer (Mich.) Region Hospital have voted to join Teamsters Local 332, the union and hospital said April 28.

Allina Health workers filed a strike notice April 28 amid contract negotiations with the Minneapolis-based health system, according to the union that represents them.  

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., and the union representing 800 nurses at the facility were unable to reach an agreement after meeting for their first negotiations since nurses went on strike March 8, according to both sides.

Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., and the union representing 800 nurses at the facility will resume negotiations April 26, the first talks since nurses went on strike March 8, according to both sides.

About 80 workers at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, Pa., began a three-day strike April 21.

Healthcare workers have participated in labor strikes across the U.S., citing concerns about staffing, patient care, working conditions and employee retention.

Workers at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, Pa., plan to begin a three-day strike April 21, according to a union statement.

About 155 union-represented nurses at Barton Memorial Hospital in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., began a two-day strike April 16.

A debate over a housing stipend is at the center of contract negotiations that have stalled between Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Medical Center and hundreds of physicians-in-training, according to the Sacramento Bee.

About 155 nurses at Barton Memorial Hospital in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., plan to strike for two days starting April 16, according to hospital and union statements.