Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital-union events since Jan. 21.
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Seattle-based Swedish Medical Center and the union representing its nurses and caregivers resumed negotiations this week for the first time since ending their three-day walkout Jan. 31, reports The Seattle Times.
HealthPartners clinic employees have approved a seven-day strike for 1,800 union members, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota announced.
Nurses at UPMC Altoona (Pa.) have signed off on a new three-year labor deal, reports The Tribune-Democrat.
Kaiser Permanente optical workers in Northern California have voted to switch their union membership, according to SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West.
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The National Labor Relations Board will hear allegations of anti-union activities against Beaumont Health's hospital in Royal Oak, Mich.
About 1,800 union workers at Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners are scheduled to vote this week on whether to authorize their bargaining team to call a seven-day strike, Star Tribune reports.
Nurses and caregivers at Swedish Medical Center sites in the Seattle area ended their three-day walkout Jan. 31 and attempted to return to their jobs at Swedish Cherry Hill, Ballard, Issaquah and ambulatory care centers in Redmond and Mill Creek,…
Not all nurses and caregivers striking at Swedish Medical Center sites in the Seattle area will return to work at the same time, The Seattle Times reports.
Health Care Service Corp., the Chicago-based parent of five Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans, will shed about 400 mid-management positions, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.