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UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's in Sioux City, Iowa, is looking beyond the United States for nurses, according to a Sioux City Journal.

State-contracted caregivers in Washington will see a pay increase after the state agreed to contract negotiations, Public News Service reported.

The Louisiana Hospital Association Research and Education Foundation established the Louisiana Hospital Employee Assistance Fund for hospital employees who suffered severe property loss or damage during the flooding disaster in August.

Minneapolis-based Allina Health and the union representing roughly 4,800 of its nurses are slated to continue negotiations Tuesday amid a possible strike over health benefits, workplace safety and staffing, according to a Star Tribune report.

The following healthcare organizations have shared plans in the past month to hire workers, starting with the most recent.

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.

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.