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Salem (Ore.) Health said it is investigating an employee who posted a video on social media that apparently made light of a patient's suffering.

Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association plan to rally in downtown Minneapolis Nov. 2 to raise awareness about what they say is hospital executives' refusal to address their concerns during contract bargaining.

Resident physicians and fellows at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City are requesting voluntary recognition of their union, according to a news release from the Committee of Interns and Residents.

The Valley Physicians Group, which represents Santa Clara (Calif.) County's employed physicians, podiatrists and dentists, has reached a tentative agreement with the county to avert a four-day strike.

Members of the National Nurses United are asking Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry to intervene in New Orleans-based LCMC Health's plans to acquire three Tulane University hospitals from Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.

Members of Valley Physicians Group plan to begin a four-day strike on Nov. 1 in Santa Clara (Calif.) County.

The union representing workers at Rhode Island community hospitals are putting the owner "on notice" about concerns over a possible sale, The Providence Journal reported Oct. 27.

Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association plan to deliver a petition to the CEO of Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., urging the hospital to rescind the decision to eliminate the intravenous therapy team.

Members of WCMH United Employees, AFT Local 5099, began a two-day strike Oct. 24 at Hartford HealthCare's Windham Hospital in Willimantic, Conn., according to WSHU, an NPR-affiliated radio station.

Members of the California Nurses Association began a five-day strike Oct. 24 at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center campuses in Oakland and Berkeley, news station KRON reported.