The University of California system has offered California Nurses Association members a 27% wage increase, amounting to over $1.1 billion over five years, in its proposed contract. Under UC’s proposal, union members would receive a 7% pay increase in the…
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More than 300 nurses and technicians at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital in Kittanning, Pa., ratified new three-year labor contracts that include provisions aimed at addressing patient safety, workplace security and fair scheduling. The contracts were approved by 90% of nurses…
Members of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 39 began a two-week strike Sept. 29 at Providence Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Hospital and Petaluma (Calif.) Valley Hospital, according to The Press Democrat. The union represents almost 20 nonclinical facilities…
Nurses at Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y., are exploring whether to join the New York State Nurses Association. On Sept. 24, nurses filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board for a…
Members of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals are set to begin a five-day strike Oct. 6 at Temple University Hospital Main Campus and Temple Women and Families Hospital in Philadelphia, with bone marrow transplant nurses and…
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Resident physicians and fellows at one Chicago-based organization have ratified their first labor contract as members of the same union at another continue to negotiate with their health system. Physicians at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University — the nonprofit…
The union representing nurses at San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare delivered a petition to health system leaders Sept. 17, highlighting their concerns amid ongoing contract negotiations. A Sharp HealthCare spokesperson told Becker’s that representatives received the petition from the Sharp Professional…
Registered nurses at HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital in Fort Walton Beach have voted in favor of unionizing. In a two-day vote, from Sept. 10-11, more than 65% of nurses voted to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United, according…
Techs at UP Health System-Marquette, who are represented by Marquette Ancillary Staff and Technologists, part of the Michigan Nurses Association, ratified a new labor contract Sept. 11. The agreement includes 18.75% wage increases over the next four years and three…
Nurses are the backbone of the healthcare industry. They are truly our frontline heroes. Research shows that investing in nursing saves lives, but nursing shortages and high turnover continue to be a looming issue for the industry and a major concern for…