With no talks scheduled, a strike at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., is poised to become the longest nurses' strike in Massachusetts history, the Boston Business Journal reported Aug. 30.
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Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has reached a tentative agreement with nurses at its MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas, according to a union statement.
Healthcare workers at Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health's hospitals allege chronic understaffing has jeopardized patient care, according to a union statement.
Workers at Tukwila, Wash.-based Cascade Behavioral Health Hospital, who have been on strike for about three weeks, are calling for increased staffing and safety at the psychiatric facility, The Seattle Times reported Aug. 20.
The latest talks between nurses at Worcester, Mass.-based Saint Vincent Hospital and the hospital's owner, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, ended without a resolution regarding striking nurses returning to work in their previous roles, according to hospital and union statements.
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Three hundred twenty-seven University of California-Fresno resident and fellow physicians have joined the Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU, according to a union statement.
Employees at Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health's St. Joseph Campus, McAuley Residence and St. Catherine Labouré Health Care Center have approved new labor contracts, according to health system and union statements.
Registered nurses at Research Medical Center and Research Psychiatric Center in Kansas City, Mo., and Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan., have reached a tentative agreement with HCA, according to an Aug. 16 union statement.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., wrongfully fired an operating room nurse for engaging in union activity protected under federal law, the New York branch office of the National Labor Relations Board ruled last week.
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus is disputing a union's pay and work grievances outlined on a local billboard, according to WOSU 89.7 NPR News.