HR

Registered nurses at Mass General Brigham's Salem (Mass.) Hospital have reached a tentative labor contract with management. 

Members of the Committee of Interns and Residents and George Washington University Hospital in Washington have reached a tentative labor agreement, averting a potential strike.

During an interactive session at Becker's 12th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable, Shannon Peterson, Senior Vice President at Medicus Healthcare Solutions, led a panel discussion with health system leaders focused on addressing physician clinical gaps and workforce stabilization.

Nurses at Lower Bucks Hospital in Bristol, Pa., part of Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare, have approved a new three-year labor contract after 15 months of negotiations.

Nurses and healthcare professionals at Lansing-based University of Michigan Health-Sparrow have voted to authorize a strike if management and the union representing them fail to reach an agreement. 

Persistent staffing shortages are challenging providers' ability to provide patient care effectively, efficiently, and sustainably. 

One-day strikes and other "fixed-duration strikes" — defined as those with a short duration and predetermined time limits — are common at hospitals.

Advanced practice providers at the University of Illinois Health system, part of the University of Illinois Chicago, are seeking to unionize.

Members of the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa initiated an open-ended strike Dec. 9 in Deer River, Minn.

Hospital workers approved a new contract with Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island in Providence, including 13% wage increases over two and a half years.