• Tenet hospital nurses who filed 600+ safety complaints to petition CNO, CEO

    Nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., plan to deliver a petition to the hospital's CEO and chief nursing officer on Feb. 14 calling on them to address what they say is an "ongoing patient safety crisis" at the facility.
  • US healthcare workers walk off the job: 15 strikes in 2024

    Last year was marked by labor actions across the U.S. From coast to coast, healthcare workers participated in strikes, citing concerns about issues such as pay, staffing and recruitment, and such actions have continued into 2024.
  • Union petitions to reinstate Maine nurse it says was 'unjustly fired'

    Unionized nurses at Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent are asking for the reinstatement of a nurse they say was "unjustly fired" without cause. 
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  • Nurses at 2 Northwell hospitals deliver strike notices

    Members of the New York State Nurses Association at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream (N.Y.) and Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, N.Y., plan to strike beginning Feb. 21.
  • Ascension nurses in Illinois begin strike

    Nurses at Ascension Saint Joseph-Joliet (Ill.), who are members of the Illinois Nurses Association, began a four-day strike Feb. 8, marking their third strike in the last year.
  • Nurses accuse PeaceHealth of strike retaliation

    The Oregon Nurses Association has filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board alleging that PeaceHealth executives threatened to terminate health insurance for home care nurses and their families after the union filed a strike notice.
  • Anesthesiologists affiliated with Cedars-Sinai unionize

    Anesthesiologists employed through Beverly Anesthesiology affiliated with Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have voted to join the Union of American Physicians and Dentists.
  • Nurses file 600+ staffing, safety complaints against Tenet hospital

    Nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., have filed more than 600 complaints regarding staffing levels and patient safety since July — alleging the administration is in "blatant violation" of a contract that ended the longest nurse strike in state history.
  • Northwestern U physicians vote to unionize

    Resident physicians and fellows at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, which is on the university's Chicago campus, voted to join the Committee of Interns and Residents, a local of the Service Employees International Union.
  • Ascension nurses in Illinois plan 3rd strike

    Nurses at Ascension Saint Joseph-Joliet (Ill.), who are members of the Illinois Nurses Association, have called for their third strike in the last year. 
  • Nurses at HCA California hospital approve contract

    Members of SEIU 121RN have approved a new labor contract with Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif., part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, hospital and union spokespeople confirmed to Becker's.
  • What to know now about healthcare and unions

    Union activity and negotiations between unions and hospitals continue to be prevalent as issues such as pay, staffing and working conditions are center stage at the bargaining table.
  • Northwestern U physicians begin unionization vote

    Resident physicians and fellows at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, which is on the university's Chicago campus, have begun voting on whether to join the Committee of Interns and Residents, a local of the Service Employees International Union.
  • Hawaii hospital nurses launch 7-day strike: 7 things to know

    Nurses began a seven-day strike Jan. 21 at Honolulu-based Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children, according to a Jan. 22 report from the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
  • Labor board files complaint against Ascension hospital

    The National Labor Relations Board regional office has issued a consolidated complaint against Ascension Providence Rochester (Mich.) Hospital, in response to allegations filed by OPEIU Local 40, which represents registered nurses and radiology technologists at the hospital.
  • Nurses at Tenet hospital vote to unionize

    Nurses at Framingham (Mass.) Union Hospital have voted to join the Massachusetts Nurses Association. 
  • CHRO turnover dips

    Chief human resources officers are seeing lower turnover rates than they did previously, Fortune reported Jan. 19. 
  • Pennsylvania hospital staff vote for union removal

    Support and administrative workers at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia have voted in favor of removing District 1199C, an affiliate of the national AFSCME union, as their bargaining representative.
  • Woman fired after giving fake name to North Carolina system

    Oxford, N.C.-based Granville Health System has fired a woman who was hired using a fake name and has been accused of defrauding medical facilities, NBC affiliate WRAL reported Jan. 15. 
  • ProMedica nurses authorize strike

    Nurses have authorized a strike at ProMedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital in Adrian, Mich., part of Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica.

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