Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare said it reached three-year labor agreements Aug. 6 with unions representing nearly 2,000 nurses and staff members at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, Calif.
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After a ruling from the National Labor Relations Board, nurses at HCA Healthcare's Mission Health system in Asheville, N.C., will soon begin voting on whether to unionize, reports Carolina Public Press.
Nurses in California plan to protest at nearly 70 hospitals and medical centers Aug. 5 the state's waiver of mandated nurse-patient ratios introduced during the pandemic, according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
Health Professionals and Allied Employees union filed two petitions with the National Labor Relations Board to represent more employees at Hackensack Meridian Health's Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, N.J., hospital officials confirmed.
The following hospital-union events have been reported since July 16:
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A union representing 275 workers at Kindred Hospital Westminster (Calif.) wants the hospital to do more to protect employees from COVID-19 after 16 employees of the 109-bed long-term acute care facility became infected, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Nurses at Medstar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., are demanding optimal personal protective equipment, saying they are forced to reuse processed, soiled N95 respirator masks that put workers' health in jeopardy, according to the union that represents them.
The Service Employees International Union will launch a TV ad campaign in Florida accusing Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare of threatening layoffs and inconsistently providing workers with personal protective equipment despite receiving federal COVID-19 relief funds, according to The Palm Beach…
Dignity Health workers plan to protest July 23 over alleged racist incidents involving management at Sacramento, Calif.-based Mercy General Hospital, reports the Sacramento Business Journal.
A union representing healthcare workers at Philadelphia-based Temple University Hospital is calling for hazard pay for members working during the COVID-19 pandemic, reports The Philadelphia Tribune.