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Healthcare workers at San Francisco-based Dignity Health plan to participate in nearly 30 protests across California beginning this month, according to the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West.

A recent blog post from Select International debates the importance of emotional intelliegence and adaptability in healthcare.

Healthcare workers are set to protest beginning next week at 32 hospitals owned by Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, according to the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West. SEIU-UHW, which represents more than 55,000 California Kaiser Permanente employees, said in…

California's Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West filed 10 propositions to potentially be voted on in November aimed at lowering healthcare costs and improving patient care, according to a Politico.  

Nurses at East Stroudsburg, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono reached a three-year contract agreement with management, according to a Pocono Record report.

When asked whether they had been harassed by a patient, significantly more nurses — 71 percent — than physicians — 47 percent — said yes, according to a Medscape report.

Unionized University of California employees picketed Thursday outside UC San Diego Health's main hospitals in La Jolla and Hillcrest, and at various other UC locations throughout the state, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.

Detroit Medical Center union officer Donna Stern alleges she was fired last month in retaliation for her involvement in contract negotiations. 

A recent blog post from Select International discusses managing the predicted increase in demand for nurses in the near future.

Sodexo workers at Fountain Valley (Calif.) Regional Hospital and Medical Center — a member of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare — were set to strike Thursday amid efforts for a labor deal, according to the union.