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Washington State is poised to get a new union for physicians once the National Labor Relations Board certifies election results.

Workers at Windham Hospital in Willimantic, Conn., picketed Wednesday amid stalled contract negotiations with the hospital's owner, Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare.

Officials with Hawaii Health Systems Corp.'s Maui Region seek $5.65 million to hire additional nurses and physicians as part of a contingency plan prior to Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente's takeover, according to The Maui News.

Fifty-three nurses at Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton, Calif., have filed claims against the hospital, alleging it violated California labor laws, according to lawyers representing the nurses.

About 200 union members and supporters rallied Tuesday outside UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange, Calif., to protest 175 layoffs, reports Orange County Register.

Northeast Ohio hospitals contributed to a direct and indirect labor income of $11.5 billion and a total of 167,534 jobs in the region, according to a new report released by The Center for Health Affairs.

Four hundred healthcare workers and their supporters rallied at Pomona (Calif.) Valley Hospital Medical Center at noon on Oct. 19 to pressure hospital executives who they say have put profits and executive pay above quality and affordable medical care.

As leaders, we want to create work environments where our staff want to be, and enable them to do their best work.

A talent gap is looming in many industries as more and more baby boomers retire.

Registered Nurses at St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown, N.Y., and St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson, N.Y., have overwhelmingly voted to authorize strikes, the New York State Nurses Association said in a news release.