Members of the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses United have reached a tentative labor agreement with Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, part of Brewer, Maine-based Northern Light Health. The agreement, which averted a strike planned for March…
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Healthcare workers at Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice in Mount Laurel, N.J., and Inspira Health in Mullica Hill, N.J., have voted to join the Health Professionals and Allied Employees in separate National Labor Relations Board elections. The vote at Samaritan covers…
Registered nurses at Corewell Health East hospitals in southeast Michigan, represented by Teamsters Local 2024, have voted to authorize a strike amid ongoing contract negotiations. The union represents about 10,000 nurses across nine hospitals and campuses, according to a March…
Members of Teamsters Local 760 have ended a nearly two-month strike at MultiCare Yakima (Wash.) Memorial Hospital. The union, which represents about 170 technical employees at the facility — including workers in surgery, radiology, MRI, pharmacy and laboratory departments —…
More than 23,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses plan to hold a 24-hour sympathy strike March 18 in solidarity with Kaiser mental health workers represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers, according to a March 16 news release from the California…
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…
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…