The union representing employees at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence has approved a new three-year deal with the hospital's operator, Lifespan, according to a WPRI report.
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With the national nursing shortage hitting hard, Providence Health & Services, Southern California, a nonprofit Catholic healthcare ministry of Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services, have been aggressively recruiting experienced RNs.
Nurses and physicians at Lockport, N.Y.-based Eastern Niagara Hospital are making demands to replace hospital CEO Clare Haar and much of the board of directors due to poor hospital performance, according to a report from The Buffalo News.
Witnessing death time and time again is not always easy on healthcare workers.
SEIU Healthcare Michigan, the state's largest healthcare union, is preparing for a possible strike over a contract dispute affecting workers at a Mercy Health Muskegon (Mich.) nursing unit, according to a report from MLive Media Group.
Nurses at Shore Medical Center in Somers Point, N.J., who are members of the Shore Nurses Union/New York State Nurses Association, plan to strike for one day Oct. 8, according to a report from The Press of Atlantic City.
A labor union is accusing Boston-based Tufts Medical Center of using aggressive means to discourage hospital employees from unionizing, according to a report from The Boston Globe.
Healthcare workers at Pottstown (Pa.) Memorial Medical Center, members of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, plan to strike for one day in October, according to a report from The Mercury.
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United has withdrawn a petition for holding a second union election at Modesto, Calif.-based Memorial Medical Center, according to a report from The Modesto Bee.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System will give its employees bonuses in October after the hospital boosted its earnings last year to the highest level in the hospital's 126-year history, according to a Chattanooga Times Free Press report.