A U.S. appeals court is backing New Bedford, Mass.-based Southcoast Health System's policy giving hiring preferences to union-free employees, reports Reuters.
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Juneau, Alaska-based Bartlett Regional Hospital has approved a tentative agreement with a union representing about 385 of its workers, according to a KTOO report.
The following is a roundup of recent events pertaining to hospital-union relationships, including strikes, legal battles, rallies and new contract agreements. All events were reported so far in 2017.
Unions representing service, maintenance, clerical and technical workers at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., have ratified new labor agreements, according to a New Haven Register report.
Licensed nursing assistants at University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington rallied Wednesday to highlight their unionization efforts and advocate for better staffing, Burlington Free Press reports.
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The following healthcare organizations shared plans to hire workers since Dec. 21, starting with the most recent.
Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis (Tenn.) and Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett (Tenn.) are seeking employees for a number of nursing positions.
Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System seeks to hire more than 150 nurses in the northeast region.
Workers at Providence Tarzana (Calif.) Medical Center picketed Monday to protest the hospital's decision to no longer contract out housekeeping work, reports the Los Angeles Daily News.
Registered nurses at Oceanside, Calif.-based Tri-City Medical Center picketed Wednesday over staffing issues, according to the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United.