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Projections that the ACA would be a "job killer" are debunked in a new paper by researchers at Stanford University.

Unionized nurses at Pittsfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Medical Center allege the hospital interfered with contract negotiations when it sent an internal letter to workers earlier this month, reports The Berkshire Eagle.

Nearly 1,500 nurses represented by Health Professionals and Allied Employees Local 5138 voted last week to authorize a strike if a labor deal is not reached this month with Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health.

Nurses at Buffalo (Minn.) Hospital plan to hold an informational picket Aug. 2 over contract issues with Minneapolis-based Allina Health.

Nearly 300 workers at Northampton, Mass.-based Cooley Dickinson Hospital have elected to join the Service Employees International Union, according to The Boston Globe.

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

The husband of a nurse who was stabbed 11 times by a patient June 14 at Harrington Hospital in Southbridge, Mass., lobbied for state legislation to address hospital workplace violence in hospitals on Wednesday, according to the Telegram & Gazette.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital workers joined the Teamsters union in its protest against Waldner's Business Environments, a New York-based office furniture company.

Tatum, a New York City-based provider of consulting and recruiting services, expanded its clinical interim leadership solutions program.

The National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, is urging Ocala, Fla.-based Munroe Regional Medical Center and its owner, Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, to reinstate registered nurses who they say were terminated after refusing assignments they…