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Hundreds of employees at Irvine, Calif.-based St. Joseph Health, represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers, reached a tentative labor agreement with hospital administrators Wednesday, The Press Democrat reports.

A proposed New Jersey bill calls for the formation of a county hospital authority to oversee Paramus, N.J.-based Bergen Regional Medical Center, where frequent assaults have been reported, according to The Record.

Nurses at Mercy Health Partners' Hackley Campus in Muskegon, Mich., have voted to authorize their bargaining team to call a strike, according to an MLive.com report.

Degrees in registered nursing, health information and medical records administration, and healthcare administration and management are three of the most valuable in the healthcare industry, according to a new report.

Hospitalists at Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield, Ore., will stage their first informational picket later this month, The Register-Guard reports.

Nurses face an array of tough daily challenges on the job.

As many as 4,800 nurses at Minneapolis-based Allina Health plan to strike for one week, beginning at 7 a.m. June 19, according to a Star Tribune report.

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 in the last month, beginning with the most recent.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board last week, alleging Boston-based Steward Health Care has stonewalled labor negotiations with nurses at Steward Holy Family Hospital at Merrimack Valley, according to a…

Nurses at Minneapolis-based Allina Health voted overwhelmingly to reject the latest offer by the health system and authorize a strike, according to a Star Tribune report.