Registered nurses at Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital in Los Angeles have approved a new contract that addresses patient and worker safety, according to Keck Medicine of USC and the union representing the nurses.
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The mayor of Worcester, Mass., is asking the CEO of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare to visit from Texas and negotiate an end to a nurses strike that began more than 200 days ago at Saint Vincent Hospital.
As misinformation about preventives, treatments and cures for COVID-19 continues to spread, healthcare workers increasingly feel unsafe.
Although job openings are booming, undesirable work, mismatches of skills and convoluted hiring processes mean that job-seekers aren't getting hired, Vox reported Sept. 20.
Hundreds of resident physicians will rally Sept. 28 outside of LAC+USC Medical Center and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center to protest what they say is Los Angeles County's refusal to negotiate a new contract, according to the union that represents them.
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As a nurses' strike enters its seventh month at Saint Vincent Hospital, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is urging the Massachusetts Nurses Association and hospital management to return to the bargaining table.
Healthcare workers at Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch, Calif., plan to strike the first week in October, according to the hospital and the union that represents the workers.
Healthcare workers who are fired for refusal to comply with the state's COVID-19 vaccination mandate likely won't be eligible for unemployment insurance, according to state officials.
To help fill staffing gaps, Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System has revived its strategy of recruiting nurses from the Philippines, its COO said Sept. 22.
Physicians who care for patients at Worcester, Mass.-based Saint Vincent Hospital are asking their nurse colleagues participating in a monthslong strike to end the walkout.