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Members of Providence-based Rhode Island Hospital's two unions will hold a march and rally Thursday over Lifespan's sick policy, according to a GoLocalProv report.

Nurses, technicians and healthcare workers at Windham Community Memorial Hospital in Willimantic, Conn., ratified three-year contracts with the hospital on Jan. 27.

Powerful storms in Albany, Ga., in early January have left many homes and buildings in disrepair. While analyzing the damage and continuing to care for patients, Albany-based Phoebe Putney Health System has taken steps to take care of its own…

The proportion of healthcare workers who were represented by unions and members of unions declined from 2015 to 2016, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Unionized clinical and service employees at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Wash., plan to picket Wednesday amid bargaining efforts for a new contract, reports The Olympian.

A recent settlement agreement approved by the National Labor Relations Board paves the way for registered nurses to hold a new union election at Pasadena, Calif.-based Huntington Hospital.

Partners HealthCare's Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Boston and 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East reached an agreement allowing for a union election at the hospital, reports The Boston Globe.

Signed into law in 2010, the Affordable Care Act made the idea of patient satisfaction in hospitals a competitive advantage.

Oconee Regional Medical Center in Milledgeville, Ga., is looking to hire at least seven or eight registered nurses, reports The Union-Recorder.

 Union food service workers have approved a proposal from Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, resolving a months-long labor conflict, reports the Post-Bulletin.