The Joint Commission issued an advisory to help healthcare organizations better support their staff during times of crisis.
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Thirty-nine employees at Rutland (Vt.) Regional Medical Center have signed a petition asking hospital leadership to require implicit bias training for all workers and take other steps to increase awareness about racial justice issues, according to the VTDigger.
Miami healthcare workers took a knee June 4 outside Jackson Memorial Hospital to protest systemic racism and racial injustice, according to TV station WPLG.
A union is accusing UP Health System-Marquette (Mich.) of a lack of transparency, including not providing a complete inventory of personal protective equipment for nurses, despite repeated requests.
Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital-union events since May 19.
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Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System said it has used its in-house developed app to redeploy more than 2,000 employees to critical need areas during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A union representing 50,000 U.S. healthcare workers is protesting Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health's plans to lay off 900 employees, about 6 percent of its workforce, according to the Star Tribune.
More than 700 nurses at Amita Health Saint Joseph Medical Center Joliet (Ill.) have authorized their bargaining team to call a strike, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Registered nurses at 15 HCA Healthcare hospitals in six states plan to protest this week as part of a dispute over wages, according to the union that represents them.
A state appeals court has partially invalidated a preliminary injunction granted to Greenbrae, Calif.-based Marin General Hospital related to a 2019 strike by imaging technicians and engineers, according to the Marin Independent Journal.