Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and an alliance of unions that includes about 50,000 of its workers nationwide have reached a tentative four-year contract, according to a joint statement.

Kaiser Permanente healthcare professionals in Northern California, who are represented by the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, will strike beginning Nov. 22.

A judge has granted parts of Cabell Huntington (W.Va.) Hospital's request to limit activity of workers who have been on strike for more than a week, according to hospital and union statements.

Cabell Huntington (W.Va.) Hospital has temporarily cut off healthcare benefits for striking union workers, CBS affiliate WOWK reported Nov. 10.

Kaiser Permanente healthcare professionals in Hawaii will strike beginning Nov. 22, according to UNITE HERE Local 5, which represents the workers.

Registered nurses of Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, Calif., plan to stage an informational picket over a new attendance policy they say will jeopardize the safety of patients, co-workers and the community, according to the union that represents them.

As hospitals and health systems grapple with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, many are offering incentives to attract and retain workers. 

Service and maintenance workers at Cabell Huntington (W.Va.) Hospital remain on strike Nov. 10, a week after the walkout began.

Massachusetts state Rep. David LeBoeuf is calling for an emergency public hearing regarding service closures at Worcester, Mass.-based Saint Vincent Hospital, where nurses have been on strike for more than eight months. Hospital officials, however, say a hearing isn't necessary.

Psychologists, therapists and social workers will strike Nov. 19 at Kaiser Permanente facilities across Northern California, according to the National Union of Healthcare Workers, which represents the workers.

About 2,500 registered nurses and service, technical and clerical staff at Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health have ratified new four-year contracts after a five-week strike, according to union and health system statements.

More than 350 healthcare workers at Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch, Calif., plan to strike for a second time starting Nov. 8, according to the union that represents the workers.

Workers at Pittsburgh-based UPMC plan to walk off the job Nov. 18, the Post-Gazette reported. 

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health and the New York Professional Nurses Union have agreed on terms of a $50 million contract expansion affecting about 1,500 nurses, according to a Nov. 4 union news release.

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health reached a tentative agreement Nov. 4 amid a strike that has lasted more than a month at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, according to statements from Catholic Health and the workers' union.

More than 30,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in multiple states plan to strike beginning Nov. 15, according to union news releases.

More job listings are requiring applicants to get vaccinated as part of the job description, a trend that could continue, CNBC reported Nov. 3. 

Workers at Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health's Sutter Center for Psychiatry have voted to become members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, according to statements from the health system and union.

Service and maintenance workers at Cabell Huntington (W.Va.) Hospital will strike starting Nov. 3, according to the union that represents them.

Front-line healthcare workers at several hospitals across the country are walking off the job or preparing for the possibility of a strike, with staffing, pay and benefits among the key issues of contention in contract negotiations.