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Arlington Heights, Ill.-based Northwest Community Hospital is hoping a recent field trip to the facility by a group of local special education students is a first step that will lead to providing more jobs for special education students, according to…

About 60 employees and union representatives gathered outside Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, N.Y., March 23 for a vigil, according to a Register-Star report.

A ballot initiative to gradually increase California's minimum wage to $15 by 2021 has officially qualified for the Nov. 8 ballot, according to a Reuters report.

Registered nurses at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, represented by the California Nurses Association, returned to work March 22 after a weeklong strike, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

Whidbey General Hospital in Coupeville, Wash., and the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 21 union have reached a tentative contract agreement, according to a South Whidbey Record report.

The healthcare industry is suffering from a nursing shortage, with not enough highly educated workers to fill job slots at hospitals, health systems, home health agencies and more. This shortage makes nurse retention an important initiative for healthcare organizations.

The following is a roundup of recent events pertaining to hospital-union relationships, including strikes, concerns, legal battles, rallies and new contract agreements. All events were reported since Feb. 18, beginning with the most recent.

A judge has ruled Tulare (Calif.) Regional Medical Center may affiliate with a new medical staff.

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Employees at Nathan Littauer Hospital in Gloversville, N.Y., represented by the 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, have agreed on a new contract with management, according to a Times Union report.