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A union representing healthcare workers at Minneapolis-based Allina Health said it postponed a two-day strike earlier this month after Allina threatened to file an unfair labor practices complaint with the National Labor Relations Board regarding any picketing during the walkout. 

A strike by University of Illinois Hospital nurses in Chicago has ended amid progress toward a tentative agreement, according to hospital and union officials.

Nurses at HCA Healthcare's Mission Health system in Asheville, N.C., have voted to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, the Citizen Times reported.

Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Md., violated labor law during a 2016 union organizing campaign by National Nurses United, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Sept. 11.

The following hospital-union events have been reported since Aug. 28:

A strike by University of Illinois Hospital nurses in Chicago is entering its third day, and another strike by members of SEIU Local 73 at University of Illinois at Chicago, which includes UI Health, began Sept. 14.

More than 500 workers at Dallas-based Steward Health Care's Morton Hospital in Taunton, Mass., and Steward Holy Family Hospital at Merrimack in Haverhill, Mass., have ratified agreements with management, according to the union that represents them.

Members of SEIU Local 73 at University of Illinois Chicago, which includes UI Health, are preparing to strike this month.

Beaumont Health and the National Labor Relations Board have settled allegations of anti-union activities against the health system's hospital in Royal Oak, Mich.

The University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago said it has filed a lawsuit to prevent certain critical care nurses from striking in the event of a walkout by union members.