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Job openings in the healthcare and social assistance industries rose in April to 910,000, the highest number in more than 14 years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Mercy Health-Cincinnati is increasing salaries and offering unusual benefits to attract registered nurses for its 200 open RN jobs, according to the Cincinnati Business Courier.

The healthcare industry contributed 47,000 of the overall 280,000 new jobs that were added in the U.S. last month, according to the most recent jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Workers at Orleans Community Health in Medina, N.Y., and management have reached a tentative contract and averted a one-day strike that was scheduled for June 12, according to Buffalo Business First.

Healthcare companies are some of the most sought-after employers for the millennial generation, according to a recent survey from the National Society of High School Scholars.

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is changing its dress code policy for women, according to KTTC.

The following is a compilation of all the hospital and health system strikes reported by Becker's Hospital Review as of June 8, starting with the most recent.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions have reached a tentative agreement that will cover 105,000 unionized Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in 28 local unions.

Registered nurses with Cook County Health and Hospitals System in Chicago, along with community supporters, will picket John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital in Chicago today.

Roughly 1,200 service and technical workers at Pittsburgh-based Allegheny General Hospital have voted to join SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, the state's largest healthcare union, according to the Pittsburgh Business Times.