Nearly 500 OSF Healthcare employees are getting a raise. Illinois' fourth largest health system, based in Peoria, is raising the minimum hourly wage to $10, effective Nov. 22, according to the Journal Star.
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Workers at Troy, N.Y.-based Samaritan Hospital rallied this week for better pay in the local healthcare field, according to a report from The Record.
Psychologists, therapists and social workers affiliated with Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, will strike next week throughout Northern California to protest what they consider insufficient staffing, according to a Contra Costa Times report.
St. Louis-based SSM Health is looking to hire more military veterans through its recently launched initiative called Operation Hired, according to a KSDK report.
Many players weigh in on the design of new healthcare facilities. One group that's increasingly providing input is nurses.
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WEWS-TV, an ABC-affiliated television station in Cleveland, recently took a look at the number of violent attacks occurring at U.S. hospitals each year.
Hundreds of nurses at Richland, Wash.-based Kadlec Regional Medical Center and their supporters rallied this week, asking for a fair contract, according to a Tri-City Herald report.
Healthcare workers held a vigil this week outside Sisters of Charity Hospital's St. Joseph Campus in Cheektowaga, N.Y., to raise awareness over staffing issues, according to a Time Warner Cable News report.
Woonsocket, R.I.-based CVS Pharmacy wants to create up to 500 new full-time jobs under its Caremark division in Central Florida, according to a Orlando Business Journal report.
Rockcastle Regional Hospital in Mt. Vernon, Ky., is expanding its respiratory care center.