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Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital-union events in April and May.

A union lawsuit alleging unsafe working conditions at New York City-based Montefiore Medical Center has been dismissed, according to The Hill.

Nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., are alleging unsafe working conditions as the hospital's owner, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, furloughs staff amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Workers at Las Vegas area hospitals are protesting this week over what they say are a lack of protections amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to TV station KTNV.

Two unions said they seek immediate safety measures for workers at Chicago-based University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics following the deaths of two of their members.

The Healthcare Professionals and Allied Employees has filed a complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration alleging a New Jersey hospital and nursing home failed to adequately protect workers from COVID-19, NJ.com reported.

The Ohio State University Nurses Organization has filed a complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration alleging Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus has not provided adequate protection for workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nursing home workers at 40 Illinois facilities intend to strike May 8, as they seek a short-term one-year contract and greater protections amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the union that represents them.

A coalition of unions representing healthcare workers is urging executives at Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care to reduce their own salaries before laying off employees. 

The New York State Nurses Association has filed three lawsuits against the state and two hospitals, alleging they failed to provide adequate protections for healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients.