Nursing staff at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, who are represented by the Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, approved a new two-year contract with their employer, according to a July 11 news release.
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Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg, N.Y., failed to properly train the 41 workers being laid off as it outsources revenue cycle functions, CBS affiliate WWNY reports.
Nurses at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, Minn., are scheduled to vote this month on whether to remove the Minnesota Nurses Association as their bargaining representative.
Nurses at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center in Oregon City, Ore., have approved a new two-year agreement with their employer, ending a looming strike threat, according to hospital and union statements shared with Becker's.
Registered nurses at University of California facilties, who are represented by the California Nurses Association, have approved a new three-year contract.
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Members of the Service Employees International Union Local 521 are set to begin a three-day strike July 26 at Kern Medical in Bakersfield, Calif.
Close to 90 percent of healthcare facilities used locum tenens physicians and/or advanced practice professionals to fill gaps in their staffs last year, according to a new survey from AMN Healthcare.
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health and its two largest unions will have more time to negotiate a new contract after the parties agreed to a second extension of their existing master bargaining agreement, according to a June 30 news release.
Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association have approved a three-year contract with Taunton-based Steward Morton Hospital.
As healthcare workers continue to leave the industry at startling rates, health systems must find more effective ways to attract and retain employees.