St. Louis-based SSM Health filed a request for review with the National Labor Relations Board on Aug. 5, seeking to appeal the certification of a June 11 union election in which registered nurses at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, Wis.,…
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Healthcare strikes in 2026 have drawn in tens of thousands of workers across hospitals, health systems and home care settings, with disputes centering on wages, staffing and contract terms. Becker’s has tracked 17 strikes so far this year. Here are…
Union activity in healthcare continues in 2026, with 16 reported strikes since the beginning of the year. Some of these actions involve healthcare workers and leaders across hospitals and clinics in multiple states. Below are the strikes tracked by Becker’s…
Hospital and health system layoff activity is down modestly in 2026 compared to 2025, and the number of jobs lost per reduction has nearly been cut in half, according to Becker’s reporting. Here are six trends to know about health…
Clinical pharmacists at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (Wash.) voted July 28 to join The Pharmacy Guild/IAM, affiliated with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, according to a union news release shared with Becker’s. The bargaining unit includes…
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Registered nurses at Houlton (Maine) Regional Hospital have signed a letter of no confidence in the hospital’s president and CEO, Jeff Zewe, RN, according to a union statement shared with Becker’s. The union, Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee,…
Resident physicians and fellows at Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System and Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals have ratified their first labor contracts. The contracts cover approximately 2,200 physicians represented by the Committee of Interns and Residents who provide direct patient care…
The American Hospital Association filed an amicus brief with the National Labor Relations Board urging the board to preserve the 1989 Health Care Rule, which establishes eight mandatory types of bargaining units at acute-care hospitals. According to the July 29…
About 10,000 registered nurses represented by Teamsters Local 2024 have reached a tentative agreement with Corewell Health East on its first contract. Four things to know: 1. The agreement was reached after more than a year of bargaining, according to…
Attending physicians across the University of California system are moving to form a union with SEIU Doctors United, in what the union describes as the largest unionization effort of attending physicians in the United States. According to a July 20…