Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa, Calif., has filed a second appeal over a union vote that took place last fall, according to a Napa Valley Register report.
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A growing number of health care systems — and other health care delivery providers — are committed to transitioning to value-based care from existing payer contracts based on fee-for-service.
Healthcare workers at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, N.Y., have voted in favor of joining 199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the union announced Friday.
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.
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.
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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.
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.