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Peoples Health in Metairie, La., a Medicare Advantage organization, tapped Judy D. Norwalt to serve as assistant vice president of customer service.

Healthcare workers plan to protest sporadically from May 1-18  at 33 hospitals owned by Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente. 

Becker's Hospital Review reported on the following events related to hospital-union relationships — including protests, legal issues and elections — since April 13.

Union nurses at Detroit Medical Center's Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital in Commerce Charter Township, Mich., held an informational picket April 25 amid negotiations for their first contract with management.

Tens of thousands union workers at University of California hospitals and college campuses will strike next month, according to The Sacramento Bee.

Officials at First Hospital, a private psychiatric facility in Kingston, Pa., and Moses Taylor Hospital, a 214-bed, acute care facility in Scranton, Pa., said registered nurses who held a 24-hour strike April 25 won't be able to return to work…

In our recent white paper for Becker’s Hospital Review, we covered the growing nursing shortage, and how nursing performance expectations are evolving, further complicating matters.

Registered nurses at First Hospital, a private psychiatric facility in Kingston, Pa., and Moses Taylor Hospital, a 214-bed, acute care facility in Scranton, Pa., will begin to strike on April 25, according to a Times Leader report.

Nurses' stress levels and coping mechanisms influence their health, according to a study published in Nursing Research and Practice.

Healthcare workers at three Bakersfield, Calif.-based outpatient clinics operated by the Dignity Health Medical Foundation voted to unionize.