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Nurses at Greenfield, Mass.-based Baystate Franklin Medical Center revealed new strike plans March 26 nearly one month after postponing a previously scheduled walkout.

Workers at Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare picketed March 17 over contract negotiations.

More healthcare employees are suffering from burnout, and long hours play a key role in this epidemic, especially among nurses. In fact, 75 percent of nurses work 12-hour shifts. Working 12-hour shifts for days on end means nurses are at…

Approximately 1,500 registered nurses at Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health reached a proposed contract agreement March 15, averting a potential strike, according to a union news release.  

A potential unionization vote among nurses is in the making at Baltimore-based The Johns Hopkins Hospital, according to The Baltimore Sun.

Tens of thousands registered nurses and nurse practitioners at facilities owned by Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente reached a tentative labor deal with the healthcare giant March 16, according to a union news release.

Tens of thousands healthcare workers at facilities owned by San Francisco-based Dignity Health ratified a new labor deal with management, according to a union news release.

Nurses at St. Joseph Hospital, Eureka (Calif.), part of St. Joseph Health, Humboldt County, picketed March 15 over staffing issues, according to a News Channel 3 report.

Registered nurses and technologists rallied and picketed March 15 at Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) General Hospital, according to a joint union news release.  

Becker's Hospital Review reported on the following events related to hospital-union relationships — including contracts, protests, legal issues and elections — since March 5.