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 Framingham (Mass.) Union Hospital have voted to join the Massachusetts Nurses Association. 

Chief human resources officers are seeing lower turnover rates than they did previously, Fortune reported Jan. 19. 

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.

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. 

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

The National Labor Relations Board has certified the union election of physicians at Minneapolis-based Allina Health's Mercy Hospital over the health system's objections, the Minnesota Reformer reported Jan. 12.  

Four registered nurses and five other healthcare workers, who were fired from Prime Healthcare's St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, Calif., are seeking reinstatement.

The following hospital-union events have been reported by Becker's since Dec. 15, including strikes, unionization votes and contract approvals.

Members of the Hawaii Nurses Association are set to begin a seven-day strike Jan. 21 at Honolulu-based Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children.

Intermountain Health, a 33-hospital system based in Salt Lake City, has changed its loan repayment processes for caregivers in a region that includes Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Kansas and Wyoming.

Physicians at Salem (Mass.) Hospital, a Mass General Brigham facility, seek to form a union with Council 93 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

Nurses represented by National Nurses United held a two-day strike at Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis last month, The Labor Tribune reported Jan. 8. 

Nurses and other workers at hospitals and health systems have secured large raises and other contract asks recently amid negotiations with unions. Below is a breakdown of the raises, reported by Becker's since Nov. 1. 

Nurse residents and fellows at Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Texas)  voted Jan. 3 to unionize and join the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United.

In 2023, when the Supreme Court handed down its ruling striking down affirmative action in university admissions, some industry leaders expressed concern that the decision could hinder efforts to create a more diverse healthcare workforce. 

Patient care associates and psychiatric care technicians at the Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center in Columbus have voted to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. 

Nurses at Montefiore Mount Vernon (N.Y.) and Montefiore New Rochelle (N.Y.) hospitals have approved new three-year labor contracts.

Feeling blue? Your employer might have an AI app for that, The Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 27. 

Nurses represented by National Nurses United are set to begin a two-day strike at Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. Dec. 27.