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

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Hospital officials and the Massachusetts Nurses Association resumed negotiations Aug. 31 to try to reach a labor deal for nurses at Boston-based Tufts Medical Center.

The healthcare industry added 20,200 jobs in August, with hospitals contributing 6,400 to that total, according to Fridays job report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Midwest hospital workers will participate in nationwide Labor Day protests advocating for a $15 an hour minimum wage and unionization rights, reports USA Today.

The Texas Hospital Association has created an assistance fund for hospital employees affected by Hurricane Harvey.

Sterile compounding practices are increasingly under scrutiny. State pharmacy boards, in tandem with national efforts by accreditation organizations, are raising the stakes on this critical component of care delivery.

Here are 20 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking nurses in the past week.

Nurses at Upper Peninsula Health System-Marquette (Mich.) voted Tuesday to authorize a strike.

Ventura (Calif.) County Medical Center, an integrated health system, and Santa Paula (Calif.) Hospital, a 49-bed campus of VCMC, canceled 20 elective surgeries Monday, including orthopedic and urology procedures, due to a spike in workers calling in sick, according to…