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Union representatives are challenging Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare over its decision to promote a nurse occupying a labor-designated seat on its oversight board to a management role just weeks later, according to The Minnesota Star Tribune.

Members of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United and hospital board members have approved a new four-year labor contract between the union and Salinas Valley Health Medical Center.

Registered nurses at Mass General Brigham's Salem (Mass.) Hospital have reached a tentative labor contract with management. 

Members of the Committee of Interns and Residents and George Washington University Hospital in Washington have reached a tentative labor agreement, averting a potential strike.

During an interactive session at Becker's 12th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable, Shannon Peterson, Senior Vice President at Medicus Healthcare Solutions, led a panel discussion with health system leaders focused on addressing physician clinical gaps and workforce stabilization.

Nurses at Lower Bucks Hospital in Bristol, Pa., part of Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare, have approved a new three-year labor contract after 15 months of negotiations.

Nurses and healthcare professionals at Lansing-based University of Michigan Health-Sparrow have voted to authorize a strike if management and the union representing them fail to reach an agreement. 

Persistent staffing shortages are challenging providers' ability to provide patient care effectively, efficiently, and sustainably. 

One-day strikes and other "fixed-duration strikes" — defined as those with a short duration and predetermined time limits — are common at hospitals.

Advanced practice providers at the University of Illinois Health system, part of the University of Illinois Chicago, are seeking to unionize.