The Jersey Nurses Economic Security Organization District Council 1 has narrowly avoided a strike at Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg, Pa., by ratifying a tentative agreement for a three-year contract, according to a Lehigh Valley Business report.
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Hundreds of Kaiser Permanente Hawaii workers have begun picketing at the Moanalua Medical Center in Honolulu to kick off a strike scheduled to last six days, according to the Star Advertiser.
In attempt to reignite contract negotiations, University of Chicago Medicine nurses gave their approval to strike, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
Members of American Federation of Government Employees Local 2031, a government employees union, will demonstrate Jan. 30 outside the Cincinnati (Ohio) Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Corryville, the union's president, Charles Smith, told WVXU.
In attempt to reignite contract negotiations, University of Chicago Medicine nurses may approve a vote to strike, a move the medical center says would be unwise, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
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Hospital workers and community activists are scheduled to picket Jan. 29 at Rhode Island Hospital, which is part of Providence, R.I.-based nonprofit health system Lifespan, according to a GoLocalProv report.
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente plans to close various clinics in Hawaii and consolidate operations to its larger facilities during a weeklong labor strike by members of United Here! Local 5, according to a Pacific Business News report.
A group of fully licensed physicians employed by the University of California's student health centers went on strike Tuesday, according to a U-T San Diego report.
Nurses at Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg, Pa., could strike Feb. 1 in protest to what their union describes as "dangerous staffing levels and critical patient safety concerns," according to a report by The Morning Call.
The Service Employees International Union Local 49, Oregon's largest union, is asking that hospital workers be paid more and that hospitals in the state "be a source of high-quality care and high-quality jobs."