Nurses at Portland-based Maine Medical Center have approved a three-year labor contract, according to a Jan. 8 news release from the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee. The agreement follows nearly four months of bargaining and is the second…
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Members of Teamsters Local 760 plan to begin a strike Jan. 17 at MultiCare Yakima (Wash.) Memorial Hospital, according to Apple Valley News Now. The union represents 168 technical employees at the hospital, including workers in surgery, radiology, MRI, pharmacy…
Nurses at seven safety-net hospitals in New York City withdrew 10-day strike notices after reaching tentative agreements on key contract provisions. Here are seven things to know: 1. The New York State Nurses Association on Jan. 2 delivered 10-day strike…
Healthcare workers across Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego and its affiliated facilities have voted to join SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, forming a new bargaining unit following an election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. According to the NLRB, 1,110 ballots…
Members of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West plan to begin a five-day strike Jan. 12 at six KPC Health hospitals across Southern California, according to a Jan. 5 news release from the union. The union represents approximately 1,623 front-line workers —…
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The New York State Nurses Association delivered 10-day strike notices Jan. 2 to 12 hospitals in New York City. Here are seven things to know: 1. If agreements are not reached, as many as 20,000 nurses could strike Jan. 12.…
Registered nurses at three Healthcare Systems of America hospitals in South Florida plan to strike Jan. 9, according to a Dec. 29 news release from the National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United. The union represents more than 1,000 nurses combined…
Hundreds of retired nurses who worked at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich. — now Beacon Kalamazoo — are set to lose a Medigap reimbursement benefit, according to the Michigan Nurses Association. South Bend, Ind.-based Beacon Health System completed its…
Frontline leaders play a key role in shaping and adopting innovations that help the healthcare industry deal with the many challenges it faces, including workforce shortages, a shifting reimbursement landscape, increasing patient acuity, and the acceleration of automation and AI.…
Union activity in healthcare in 2025 has included more than three dozen reported strikes as of Dec. 2. Thirty-eight strikes reported by Becker’s Hospital Review this year: Note: This article was created Feb. 20 and last updated on Dec. 2. …