The following healthcare organizations have shared plans in the past month to hire workers, starting with the most recent.
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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 since Aug. 1.
Hospitals and medical schools in the Kansas City region are using a myriad of recruitment techniques as they respond to a nursing shortage, according to a KSHB report.
Nurses at five Allina Health hospitals voted Thursday to call for a new strike in a disagreement with the Minneapolis-based health system over health benefits, staffing and workplace safety, according to a Star Tribune report.
Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, N.Y., plans to lock nurses out for 11 days in the event of a strike.
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Nurses at Bonner General Health in Sandpoint, Idaho, will strike if they feel a fair contract cannot be achieved through negotiations with the hospital, according to a Bonner County Daily Bee report.
Community leaders are getting involved n a contract dispute between nurses and Steward Holy Family Hospital at Merrimack Valley in Haverhill, Mass.
Nurses at Shore Medical Center in Somers Point, N.J., have ratified a new four-year contract that addresses wages and benefits.
Registered nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital and Regional Medical Center, both in San Jose, Calif., have reached a tentative agreement with hospital administrators on a new contract, the California Nurses Association said.
Nurses at Nathan Littauer Hospital in Gloversville, Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown and St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica voted to authorize a strike Sept. 1, according to the New York State Nurses Association.