The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the union representing more than 42,000 University of California workers, plans to begin an open-ended strike May 14, according to an April 15 union news release shared with Becker’s. AFSCME Local…
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Primary care providers at Cleveland-based MetroHealth are taking steps to unionize with AFSCME Ohio Council 8, according to cleveland.com. Organizers said April 14 that the proposed bargaining unit would include MetroHealth physicians, physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses. “We…
A supermajority of nearly 150 resident physicians at Visalia, Calif.-based Kaweah Delta Health Care District filed a petition for union recognition April 9. The group would become the first resident physicians in their county to unionize, according to an April…
Nurses have been striking at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Mich., for more than seven months. Nurses represented by Teamsters Local 332 went on strike Sept. 1. Genesys Hospital joined Detroit-based Henry Ford Health in October 2024 through…
Technical workers at Rochester (N.Y.) General Hospital voted 145-54 to join the Rochester Union of Nurses and Allied Professionals, according to an April 6 union Facebook post. The bargaining unit includes nearly 300 workers — such as respiratory therapists, radiology…
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Nearly 40 Massachusetts lawmakers urged Mass General Brigham, based in Somerville, Mass., to recognize a union of primary care physicians and begin contract negotiations, according to an April 7 report from The Boston Globe. A letter signed by 38 legislators…
Registered nurses at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago will vote May 14-16 on unionization after filing a petition April 8 with the National Labor Relations Board for a union election. Three things to know: 1. It is the largest…
Employees at Windham Community Memorial Hospital in Willimantic, Conn., have voted to remove American Federation of Teachers as their bargaining representative, according to the National Labor Relations Board. The vote was 168-70 in favor of union decertification. According to a…
The National Labor Relations Board has dismissed a petition seeking a vote to decertify the union at UPMC Washington (Pa.), citing an existing labor contract, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported April 6. NLRB Acting Regional Director Tara Yoest ruled April 2…
Registered nurses at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass., represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, voted March 30 to ratify a new labor contract, according to a union news release shared with Becker’s. The agreement covers about 750 nurses and…