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Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital-union events — including protests, elections and contract agreements — after April 11.

One-hundred forty-four workers at a cancer research center's business office in Irwindale, Calif. have voted to join Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, the union announced.

The National Union of Healthcare Workers has released a cable TV commercial accusing Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente of delaying and denying mental healthcare.

Valencia, Calif.-based Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital and the union representing its registered nurses have reached a three-year contract to avert a strike, according to The Santa Clarita Valley Proclaimer.

Five former nurses are suing South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska, alleging that they were forced out of their positions based on age, according to radio station KBBI.

Indiana (Pa.) Regional Medical Center and the union representing 380 registered nurses and nurse anesthetists are accusing each other of unfair labor practices as a contract dispute between the parties continues, according to the Indiana Gazette.

Registered nurses at Valencia, Calif.-based Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital have issued a strike notice, according to radio station KHTS.

Here are four notable labor strikes reported by Becker's Hospital Review so far this year:

The University of California’s largest employee union is calling for a boycott of school speaking engagements, according to AFSCME Local 3299.

Mental health patients — who include the families of suicide victims — plan to come together April 17 outside Kaiser Permanente headquarters in Oakland, Calif., to voice care concerns and demand a face-to-face meeting with chairman and CEO Bernard Tyson,…