Union activity has always been prevalent in healthcare. Amid today's industry challenges and after going through a pandemic, however, workers have become especially vocal about issues such as pay, staffing and working conditions.

Members of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals and the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West began a five-day strike Oct. 9 affecting four Prime Healthcare facilities in California.

A union is petitioning for the top executives at Oregon Health & Science University to decline bonuses. 

Members of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals and Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West are set to launch a strike Oct. 9 affecting four Prime Healthcare facilities in California.

A strike by Kaiser Permanente workers in multiple states is expected to conclude Oct. 7. However, a new 10-day strike notice is possible after that date, which could lead to further striking after those 10 days, unions said in a news release shared with Becker's.  

A strike at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., has lasted nine weeks.

Talks between Kaiser Permanente and the Service Employees International Union have stalled, a union official told Bloomberg Oct. 5. 

Resident physicians and fellows rallied Oct. 4 outside the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, ABC affiliate KOAT reported. 

Registered nurses at Beth Israel Lahey Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, Mass., issued a vote authorizing union leaders to call a three-day strike amid contract negotiations. 

Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente employees across the U.S. began a strike this week after their contract expired with no new labor agreement in place.

Trinity Health Grand Haven (Mich.) Hospital, part of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, has withdrawn recognition of SEIU Healthcare Michigan as the bargaining agent of about 200 employees.

A number of burnt-out human resources leaders are considering leaving their roles, according to Korn Ferry. 

Members of SEIU United Healthcare Workers West have plan to strike at 11 Tenet Healthcare facilities in California.

Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente employees across the U.S. are preparing to go on strike this week after their contract expired with no new labor agreement in place.

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Nurses at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore are accusing Ascension management of illegally refusing to respect the nurses' right to organize.

The Association of University Registered Nurses — which is the local Oregon Nurses Association chapter — has reached a tentative labor contract with management at Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University.

Healthcare union members are among those who gathered Sept. 27 at Brooklyn Borough Hall in New York City to protest after the ouster of One Brooklyn Health CEO LaRay Brown, according to Brooklyn Daily Eagle.  

Approximately 80 physicians and advanced practice providers at urgent care centers operated by Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare have authorized a strike. 

Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente employees across the U.S. plan to go on strike early next month if no agreement is reached by Sept. 30.