A union election scheduled for Sept. 17 at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill., has been suspended, the hospital confirmed to Becker’s. No new date has been set. The National Labor Relations Board’s Region 13 office in Chicago issued an…
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Members of Doctors Council-SEIU began a four-day strike Sept. 14 at Allina Health’s Mercy Hospital campuses in Coon Rapids, Minn., and Fridley, Minn., according to a union news release shared with Becker’s. Hospice nurses represented by SEIU Healthcare Minnesota &…
Members of the Michigan Nurses Association have canceled a three-day strike that was set to begin Sept. 21 at MyMichigan Medical Center Alma after reaching an agreement in principle with the system, according to a Sept. 16 union news release.…
Union activity in healthcare continues in 2026, with 18 reported strikes since the beginning of the year. Some of these actions involve healthcare workers and leaders across hospitals and clinics in multiple states. Below are the strikes tracked by Becker’s…
Pittsburgh-based UPMC will increase its paid parental leave benefit to four weeks effective Jan. 1, 2027, a system spokesperson said in a statement shared with Becker’s. The benefit applies to all eligible employees systemwide, the spokesperson said. UPMC introduced a…
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More than 150 physicians at Allina Health’s Mercy and Unity hospitals in Minnesota are set to strike Sept. 14-17. The union, Doctors Council SEIU, filed a required 10-day notice for an unfair labor practice strike, according to a Sept. 5…
Primary care providers at Kalispell, Mont.-based Logan Health, signed a vote of “no confidence” in the hospital’s primary care leadership, just over six months after the group unionized, the Flathead Beacon reported Sept. 4. Providers, represented by the Union of…
A nurses strike at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Mich., has surpassed the one-year mark as negotiations between the hospital and Teamsters Local 332 continue. Nurses represented by Teamsters Local 332 began striking Sept. 1, 2025. Genesys Hospital…
More than 200 nurses at three Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health locations have filed for two union elections with the National Labor Relations Board, according to a Sept. 3 news release from the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals shared…
Nurses and healthcare workers at four hospitals operated by Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare hospitals held one-day strikes Sept. 3, California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, confirmed to Becker’s. The walkouts covered more than 2,200…