Healthcare remains a focal point for work stoppages, despite a broader national decline, as hospital and health system employees continue to cite pay and staffing concerns. Union activity in 2026 has already seen notable labor actions, such as the largest…
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Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare’s St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., violated federal labor law 14 times, a judge ruled Jan. 30. Here are six things to know: 1. St. Vincent Hospital was found to have violated several sections of the National…
Members of the Michigan Nurses Association at Beacon Kalamazoo (Mich.) Hospital have approved a new labor contract. The agreement, ratified by 97% of voting nurses Feb. 12, covers 378 nurses at the hospital, according to the facility, which is part…
Members of two unions plan to strike for one day Feb. 18 at MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae, Calif., according to statements from the hospital and union representatives shared with Becker’s. Six things to know: 1. The strike involves more…
Nurses at more than 50 hospitals across eight states plan to stage protests Feb. 19 calling for Congress to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement. National Nurses United, the country’s largest union of registered nurses with more than 225,000 members, is…
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Registered nurses and licensed medical professionals at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana (Calif.) Medical Center are set to begin a five-day strike Feb. 16, according to a union news release shared with Becker’s. The strike involves members of Service Employees International Union…
Registered nurses at nine Appalachian Regional Healthcare facilities across Kentucky and West Virginia have ratified a three-year contract extension. The contract covers more than 700 nurses at the facilities, according to a Feb. 10 National Nurses Organizing Committee news release.…
More than 3,000 pharmacy and lab workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers ended a three-day unfair labor practice strike on Feb. 12. The walkout, which began Feb. 9, affected Kaiser Permanente facilities across Southern California and Kern…
Members of the California Nurses Association are set to begin a seven-day strike Feb. 19 at USC Keck Hospital and Norris Cancer Center in Los Angeles. The union represents more than 1,400 nurses at both University of Southern California facilities,…
The largest nurses strike in New York City history is winding down at four hospitals, though about 4,200 nurses at NewYork-Presbyterian remain on strike. Nurses at Montefiore, Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai Morningside and West ratified new three-year contracts…