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University of California workers went on strike May 16 at the school's 10 campuses and five medical centers to protest job outsourcing.

A California labor board said a unit of the Service Employees International Union may represent fellows and residents at Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health in bargaining, according to The Sacramento Bee.

Nurses at Barton Memorial Hospital in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., have scheduled a one-day strike for May 24 amid contract negotiations, the California Nurses Association announced.

Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital-union events after April 26.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has agreed to keep its landscaping operations in-house, the union representing 63 of its gardeners said.

Unionized hospital workers at Toledo, Ohio-based Mercy Health – St. Vincent Medical Center walked off the job May 6, according to The Blade.

University of California service and patient care technical workers plan to strike May 16 to protest job outsourcing by the school, according to The Sacramento Bee.

A Michigan hospital violated U.S. labor law by preventing emergency room nurses from combining their lunch and other rest breaks, a federal labor board ruled.

More than 10,000 New York City nurses at three health systems have ratified a four-year agreement, hospital and union officials confirmed.

Stanford (Calif.) Health Care and Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., have reached tentative contracts with their registered nurses, averting a strike, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.