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Healthcare workers at Joshua Tree, Calif.-based Hi-Desert Medical Center voted in favor of unionization Tuesday.

Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth hosted a hiring event Tuesday seeking to fill more than 200 positions.

Nomad Health, a New York City-based technology company focused on healthcare staffing, is expanding its online jobs marketplace that connects workers with clinical positions.

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny General Hospital nurses decided this week to continue contract negotiations rather than vote on a possible strike, reports TribLIVE.

The following healthcare organizations shared plans to add jobs so far in October.

MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas will break ground Tuesday on an 11,000-square-foot freestanding emergency room, according to The Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Parkview Health, a Fort Wayne, Ind.-based nonprofit, community-based health system, will host a job fair next month as it seeks to hire 850 employees, according to the News-Sentinel.

Becker's Hospital Review reported on the following events related to hospital-union relationships — including rallies, strikes and contracts — since Oct. 10.

Some employees at Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health are challenging the system's mandatory flu shot policy, according to a KSTP-TV report.

Erie, Pa.-based UPMC Hamot President David Gibbons, RN, recently highlighted various developments at the hospital during an annual dinner and community meeting.