Members of the National Nurses United union placed 164 pairs of nurses' shoes on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol July 21 to honor colleagues who died due to COVID-19, reports ABC News.
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Michigan nurses have filed allegations with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich., of engaging in anti-union activity amid contract negotiations, according to the Michigan Nurses Association.
More than 700 nurses who walked off the job for two weeks approved a new contract July 20 with Amita Health Saint Joseph Medical Center Joliet (Ill.), hospital and union officials confirmed to Becker's.
Stanford Health Care workers are calling on the Palo Alto, Calif.-based system to restore the paid time off they lost during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the union that represents them.
Healthcare workers will participate July 20 in "Strike for Black Lives," a national day of U.S. workers striking for racial and economic justice.
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Nearly 800 workers at Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Hospital will hold a five-day strike starting July 20, according to the union that represents them.
The bargaining committee for 180 workers at Loretto Hospital in Chicago has reached a tentative agreement with management, averting a strike planned for July 20, according to their union SEIU Healthcare Illinois.
A federal judge has ruled a New York union cannot sue Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center for alleged trafficking law violations related to its program to recruit nurses from the Philippines to work in the hospital, reports Bloomberg Law.
The following hospital-union events have been reported since June 19:
Registered nurses at three Florida hospitals owned by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare have filed complaints with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration alleging unsafe working conditions at their facilities, according to the union that represents them.