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Nurses at Worcester, Mass.-based Saint Vincent Hospital have agreed to stop picketing until the Jan. 3 vote on a labor deal, according to the union that represents them.

A nurses union has filed a grievance against Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, claiming the academic medical center is giving travel nurses scheduling priority over staff and/or clinic nurses, according to a letter to hospital nursing leaders, which…

Three years after forming a union, nurses at Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.-based NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital are urging hospital management to agree to a contract they say would help alleviate staffing issues at the facility, according to Spectrum News 1. 

Worcester, Mass.-based Saint Vincent Hospital and the Massachusetts Nurses Association have reached a tentative contract, paving the way for an end to a strike that has lasted nearly 300 days.  

A group of certified registered nurse anesthetists at Jeanes Hospital and Fox Chase Cancer Center, both part of Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System, have voted to unionize, according to the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals.

More than 350 healthcare workers at Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch, Calif., have approved a new contract after going on strike twice earlier this year over concerns about staffing and working conditions, according to the union that represents them. 

Workers at Allegheny Health Network affiliate Warren (Pa.) General Hospital have approved a new three-year contract, according to the union that represents them. 

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released updated guidance Dec. 14 saying that a person diagnosed with COVID-19 can be considered to have a disability under certain circumstances. 

To help hospitals and health systems navigate workforce-related challenges, the American Hospital Association has released a snapshot of healthcare talent management trends and strategies.

Registered nurses from UPMC Altoona (Pa.) will launch a 24-hour protest Dec. 15 outside of UPMC headquarters in Pittsburgh to demand that the health system immediately address what they called a staffing crisis at their facility, according to the union…