About 2,500 registered nurses and service, technical and clerical staff at Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health have ratified new four-year contracts after a five-week strike, according to union and health system statements.
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More than 350 healthcare workers at Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch, Calif., plan to strike for a second time starting Nov. 8, according to the union that represents the workers.
Workers at Pittsburgh-based UPMC plan to walk off the job Nov. 18, the Post-Gazette reported.
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health and the New York Professional Nurses Union have agreed on terms of a $50 million contract expansion affecting about 1,500 nurses, according to a Nov. 4 union news release.
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health reached a tentative agreement Nov. 4 amid a strike that has lasted more than a month at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, according to statements from Catholic Health and the workers' union.
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More than 30,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in multiple states plan to strike beginning Nov. 15, according to union news releases.
More job listings are requiring applicants to get vaccinated as part of the job description, a trend that could continue, CNBC reported Nov. 3.
Workers at Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health's Sutter Center for Psychiatry have voted to become members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, according to statements from the health system and union.
Service and maintenance workers at Cabell Huntington (W.Va.) Hospital will strike starting Nov. 3, according to the union that represents them.
Front-line healthcare workers at several hospitals across the country are walking off the job or preparing for the possibility of a strike, with staffing, pay and benefits among the key issues of contention in contract negotiations.