Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital-union events in December.
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Nearly 120 healthcare workers at Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Los Robles Regional Medical Center have voted to join SEIU Local 121RN, according to the Ventura County Star.
Nurses at Madison-based University of Wisconsin Health have formed a union and are asking for voluntary recognition from the health system.
Nurses and caregivers at Seattle-based Swedish Medical Center said they are moving closer to a strike at seven Swedish sites in Washington.
Here are 14 labor strikes reported by Becker's Hospital Review this year:
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A nurse is suing the Teamsters union at her workplace and her employer, Ascension Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Mich., alleging they illegally rejected her requests to end union dues deductions, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation announced Dec.…
Striking Kaiser Permanente psychologists, social workers and other healthcare professionals will head to Oakland, Calif., and Los Angeles Dec. 17 for rallies and a march on Kaiser corporate headquarters, according to the union that represents them.
The union representing more than 8,500 nurses with the NYC Health + Hospitals system and New York City agencies has reached a contract agreement with the city.
Psychologists, mental health therapists and other medical professionals at Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente began a five-day strike Dec. 16 at facilities across California, according to the union that represents them.
Registered nurses at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley, Calif., said they will put a planned informational picket on hold after progress in negotiations with hospital management over staffing, according to The Sacramento Bee.