Employees at Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Office of Clinical Research in Philadelphia on March 26 voted to ratify their first union contract after 15 months of negotiations. The three-year contract was voted on by 85 professionals who oversee clinical research…
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Members of the University Professional and Technical Employees-CWA Local 9119 are striking April 1 at University of California campuses and medical centers, with members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 joining in solidarity. Six…
The National Union of Healthcare Workers, which represents more than 1,300 workers at UCSF Children’s Hospital Oakland (Calif.) and its satellite clinics, is condemning the University of California’s planned integration of the hospital into San Francisco-based UCSF Health. On March…
Members of the New York State Nurses Association have ratified a new labor contract with Mohawk Valley Health System’s Wynn Hospital in Utica, according to a March 27 union news release shared with Becker’s. The union, which represents 650 nurses…
Healthcare workers at Santa Clara County (Calif.) hospitals and public health labs held a three-day strike March 24-27 as they seek a new labor contract, union and county spokespeople confirmed to Becker’s. The strike involved nearly 200 members of Engineers…
The United Food & Commercial Workers Local 27 has begun an organizing campaign at UPMC Western Maryland in Cumberland. As part of the drive, the union is encouraging staff to sign union authorization forms, citing issues such as staffing shortages,…
Members of the University Professional and Technical Employees-CWA Local 9119 plan to strike April 1 at all University of California campuses and medical centers, with members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 joining in…
Resident physicians at the University of Minnesota have voted to unionize, filing for recognition March 24 with the Committee of Interns and Residents, according to a CIR/SEIU Facebook post. The union, a local of the Service Employees International Union, said…
Mass General Brigham attending and resident physicians picketed March 20 outside Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston in support of legislation that would cap hospital CEO pay, according to a news release shared with Becker’s by…
Resident physicians and fellows at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City have reached the first tentative labor agreement with the health system. The agreement, reached March 17, covers 1,200 house staff represented by the Committee of Interns and Residents,…