Four hundred and nineteen service and technical workers at Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa, Calif., voted by a 3-2 margin to join the National Union of Healthcare Workers, according to a union news release.
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Nurses at San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare have called off plans to strike for three days beginning Monday, reports The San Diego Union-Tribune.
On Tuesday, the National Labor Relations Board said nurses at St. Louis-based Des Peres Hospital have voted to no longer be represented by the National Nurses United union, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.
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Hospital workers at Kindred Hospital-Baldwin Park (Calif.) have voted to join the Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union, an affiliate of the California Nurses Association, according to a CNA announcement.
El Camino Hospital has agreed to a new three-year contract with nurses, according to a Los Altos Town Crier report.
UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, Calif., is using companions to help ease isolation for its geriatric patients, according to NPR.