An investigation of Perry Community Hospital in Linden, Tenn., resulted in the recovery of $163,785 in back wages for 72 former employees, the U.S. Labor Department said.
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Workers at Catholic Health's Mercy Hospital of Buffalo (N.Y.) plan to strike Oct. 1 if a contract is not reached by then, according to a union news release.
More than 14,000 registered nurses in California and Nevada approved a new contract with San Francisco-based Dignity Health, according to a Sept. 20 union news release.
The union representing 24,000 registered nurses and healthcare professionals at Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is looking at the option of striking amid dissatisfaction with contract proposals it says will make staffing shortages worse.
Six hundred fifty registered nurses approved their first union contract with Kalispell, Mont.-based Logan Health Sept. 16, an agreement that includes pay raises and seniority recognition, according to a union news release.
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Louisville, Ky.-based Humana is once again delaying its return-to-office plans, which are now poised for early 2022.
Although Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine has a COVID-19 mandate, unionized nurses can refuse vaccination, hospital and union officials confirmed.
In a survey of nearly 600 parents of children 18 or younger, 21 percent have voluntarily quit their jobs in the last year or are planning to quit their jobs in the year ahead to better care for their children's…
More than 500 healthcare workers at Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch, Calif., and John Muir Behavioral Health Center in Concord, Calif., have voted to strike in October, according to Sept. 14 hospital and union statements.
Workers at Catholic Health's Mercy Hospital of Buffalo (N.Y.) voted Sept. 9 to authorize a strike if it becomes necessary to address their staffing concerns, according to a union news release.