Becker's Hospital Review reported on the following hospital-union events — including protests and elections — on or after June 27.
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Lifespan, the parent company of Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, has paid $10 million to a temp agency to replace workers during a planned strike next week, according to the Providence Journal.
A group representing about 90 New York hospitals and nursing homes has reached a tentative three-year agreement with the state's largest healthcare workers union.
Burlington (Vt.) City Council members are calling on Burlington-based University of Vermont Medical Center and unionized nurses to resolve their labor dispute, reports Seven Days.
McLaren Lapeer (Mich.) Region, a 222-bed acute care hospital, and unionized nurses reached a tentative contract agreement on July 13, two days after nurses authorized a walkout.
Nurses at Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence plan to strike beginning July 23, according to a Providence Journal report.
Workplace violence against healthcare workers can be as simple as a doctor yelling at a nurse or a patient intimidating a doctor.
Unionized nurses at University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington have ended their strike.
Dayton, Ohio-based Good Samaritan Hospital has provided care to local residents for the past 90 years. However, the facility is set to close July 23, myDayton Daily News reports.
Nurses at Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children's Hospital plan to strike after rejecting management's latest contract offer, according to a Providence Journal report.