Employees at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System in Chicago are prepared to strike unless contract negotiations result in agreements on pay and working conditions, the union that represents them said. 

A union representing employees at a California hospital is calling for a vote of no confidence in the CEO amid a state investigation into allegations of unsafe working conditions and improper COVID-19 response, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare said it reached three-year labor agreements Aug. 6 with unions representing nearly 2,000 nurses and staff members at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, Calif. 

After a ruling from the National Labor Relations Board, nurses at HCA Healthcare's Mission Health system in Asheville, N.C., will soon begin voting on whether to unionize, reports Carolina Public Press.

Nurses in California plan to protest at nearly 70 hospitals and medical centers Aug. 5 the state's waiver of mandated nurse-patient ratios introduced during the pandemic, according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.

Health Professionals and Allied Employees union filed two petitions with the National Labor Relations Board to represent more employees at Hackensack Meridian Health's Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, N.J., hospital officials confirmed.

The following hospital-union events have been reported since July 16:

A union representing 275 workers at Kindred Hospital Westminster (Calif.) wants the hospital to do more to protect employees from COVID-19 after 16 employees of the 109-bed long-term acute care facility became infected, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Nurses at Medstar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., are demanding optimal personal protective equipment, saying they are forced to reuse processed, soiled N95 respirator masks that put workers' health in jeopardy, according to the union that represents them.  

The Service Employees International Union will launch a TV ad campaign in Florida accusing Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare of threatening layoffs and inconsistently providing workers with personal protective equipment despite receiving federal COVID-19 relief funds, according to The Palm Beach Post.

Dignity Health workers plan to protest July 23 over alleged racist incidents involving management at Sacramento, Calif.-based Mercy General Hospital, reports the Sacramento Business Journal.

A union representing healthcare workers at Philadelphia-based Temple University Hospital is calling for hazard pay for members working during the COVID-19 pandemic, reports The Philadelphia Tribune.

Members of the National Nurses United union placed 164 pairs of nurses' shoes on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol July 21 to honor colleagues who died due to COVID-19, reports ABC News.

Michigan nurses have filed allegations with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich., of engaging in anti-union activity amid contract negotiations, according to the Michigan Nurses Association. 

More than 700 nurses who walked off the job for two weeks approved a new contract July 20 with Amita Health Saint Joseph Medical Center Joliet (Ill.), hospital and union officials confirmed to Becker's.

Stanford Health Care workers are calling on the Palo Alto, Calif.-based system to restore the paid time off they lost during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the union that represents them. 

Healthcare workers will participate July 20 in "Strike for Black Lives," a national day of U.S. workers striking for racial and economic justice.  

Nearly 800 workers at Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Hospital will hold a five-day strike starting July 20, according to the union that represents them.

The bargaining committee for 180 workers at Loretto Hospital in Chicago has reached a tentative agreement with management, averting a strike planned for July 20, according to their union SEIU Healthcare Illinois. 

A federal judge has ruled a New York union cannot sue Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center for alleged trafficking law violations related to its program to recruit nurses from the Philippines to work in the hospital, reports Bloomberg Law.