Nine cancer physicians at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Md., are suing the hospital after they say it fired them and refused to renew their privileges at the facility, the Capital Gazette reported Feb. 18.
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Workers at two Samaritan Health Services hospitals in Oregon have agreed to contracts guaranteeing annual across-the-board raises and paid time off after COVID-19 exposure, the Albany Democrat-Herald reported.
Heritage Valley Health System, which owns and operates a hospital in Beaver, Pa., must arbitrate its dispute with a union over whether the hospital breached their collective bargaining agreement by assigning registered nurses to work as patient care assistants, a…
The following hospital-union events have been reported since Jan. 8:
Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare has agreed to give workers back pay as part of a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board over allegations brought by Service Employees International Union Local 121RN.
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Thousands of registered nurses and other healthcare workers plan to hold events Jan. 27 in more than 19 states and the District of Columbia to urge their employers to put patients first in medical care, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Workers at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Boston will stand out Jan. 26, citing a need for hazard pay and increased staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news release from the union that represents them.
UNC Health Care's Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, N.C., faces a federal discrimination lawsuit alleging the facility created a racially hostile work environment for a Black woman, WLOS reported.
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children in Honolulu reached a tentative contract agreement with Hawaii Nurses Association OPEIU Local 50, averting a strike, according to Hawaii News Now.
Hospitals and long-term care facilities in the U.S. are offering healthcare workers hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine incentives, The New York Times reported.