Members of the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses United plan to strike March 23 at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, part of Brewer-based Northern Light Health. The union represents about 900 nurses at the medical center, according…
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Members of the International Union of Operating Engineers have reached a tentative labor contract with Kaiser Permanente hospitals. The tentative agreement covers IUOE Local 501, Local 99 and Local 1, which represent about 600 maintenance workers at Kaiser facilities across…
District 1199J, an AFSCME local chapter representing former employees of Heights University Hospital in Jersey City, N.J., has filed a complaint in New Jersey state court accusing the hospital of violating the state’s WARN Act when it abruptly closed most…
The medical staff at Uvalde (Texas) Memorial Hospital has issued a “no confidence” vote in CEO Adam Apolinar, BSN, RN, Uvalde Leader News reported March 11. The hospital’s board has been made aware of concerns by some members of the…
Nurses at Corewell Health Lakeland Hospitals Niles (Mich.) Hospital have voted against joining Teamsters Local 406, an affiliate of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, in an election held by the National Labor Relations Board. The vote, tallied Feb. 26, was…
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Less than one year after unionizing, nurses and advanced practitioners at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh are proposing national nurse staffing standards as part of their first contract negotiations with UPMC. SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania members presented the proposals to Pittsburgh-based…
Primary and urgent care providers represented by Doctors Council Service Employees International Union at clinics operated by Minneapolis-based Allina Health have authorized an open-ended strike. If scheduled, the strike would be “of whatever duration the bargaining team feels necessary to…
Aurora Sinai Medical Center in Milwaukee said security staff involved in screening procedures before a March 2 shooting at the hospital are no longer employed following an internal review. In a statement shared with Becker’s, the hospital said the review…
About 2,400 Kaiser Permanente mental health therapists, social workers and psychologists plan to hold a one-day unfair labor practice strike March 18, according to a news release from the National Union of Healthcare Workers shared with Becker’s. The workers provide…
March 1 marked six months since nurses began striking at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Mich. Here are four things to know about ongoing negotiations: 1. Nurses represented by Teamsters Local 332 went on strike Sept. 1. Detroit-based…