More than 1,300 University of Illinois Hospital nurses in Chicago plan to begin a seven-day strike Sept. 12, according to the union that represents them.
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Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, N.M., and the union representing about 400 of its nurses and technicians have reached a new contract that includes a raise for three years, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican.
The following hospital-union events have been reported since Aug. 17:
Workers have held informational picketing events this week outside 11 Tenet Healthcare hospitals in California to demand increased workplace protections amid the pandemic, according to the union representing them.
The National Labor Relations Board has stopped a mail-in ballot union election at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium, Mich., amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Bloomberg Law reported.
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A COVID-19 outbreak at St. Michael Medical Center in Bremerton, Wash., that grew to 45 patient and staff cases has sparked safety concerns from hospital workers and demands from their union, according to The News Tribune.
Nurses at HCA Healthcare's Mission Health system in Asheville, N.C., have mixed views on unionization as voting gets underway on whether to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United.
Healthcare workers plan to rally Aug. 25 in 11 California cities to support proposed state legislation that would ensure stockpile of new, unexpired personal protective equipment for use in the event of a pandemic or other health emergency, according to the…
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge (Tenn.) and Service Employees International Union Local 205 have approved new three-year contracts covering about 800 hospital workers, the Oak Ridger reported.
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