Employees at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital are urging leadership to expand symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 testing as the hospital continues to battle a cluster of cases in two of its medical-surgical units, according to a letter obtained by WBZ-TV.
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Workers at Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Memorial Medical Center participated in informational picketing Sept. 30 over concerns related to staffing and personal protective equipment, according to the Niagara Gazette.
NeuroBehavioral Hospital in Crown Point, Ind., terminated the employment of a discharge planner last week after she spoke to the New York Times about nursing homes discharging unprofitable patients, a practice known as "patient dumping," the NYT reports.
Dignity Health and Sutter Health workers have held informational pickets in September to urge management to improve staffing and ensure employees have adequate personal protective equipment, according to the union that represents them.
The following hospital-union events have been reported since Sept. 14:
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Citing patient safety concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, union members at Oakland, Calif.-based Alameda Health System are planning a joint five-day strike, according to hospital and union statements.
Here are seven labor strikes reported by Becker's Hospital Review so far this year:
The National Labor Relations Board was wrong in ordering Crozer-Keystone Health System to disclose to a union its entire sale agreement with Prospect Medical Holdings, a U.S. appeals court ruled Sept. 24.
SEIU Local 73 members at University of Illinois at Chicago, which includes UI Health, have ended their 10-day strike after reaching a tentative agreement with administration, according to union and hospital officials.
University of Illinois Hospital nurses in Chicago who went on strike earlier this month have reached a tentative, four-year contract with hospital management, according to the union that represents them.