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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.

The union representing nurses at HCA Healthcare facilities across Florida claims new protocols are weakening protections for workers against COVID-19.

Unionized workers at Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa, Calif., have approved their first contract with hospital management, according to the North Bay Business Journal.

The American Nurses Association is speaking out about retaliation against healthcare workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Healthcare workers represented by Service Employees International Union Healthcare 1199NW have reached contract agreements with Seattle-based Swedish Health Services.

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

A group of nurses at DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit recently staged a sit-in at the hospital to protest  emergency room staffing levels, according to Michigan Radio.

Registered nurses in seven states protested this week at 15 HCA Healthcare hospitals over what they say is a lack of COVID-19 preparedness, according to the union that represents them.