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Nurses at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, Pa., have ratified a new five-year contract with the hospital.

Nurses at Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Medical Center have agreed to a one-year contract with the hospital, according to a Telegram & Gazette report.

Morgantown-based WVU Healthcare, with facilities in Morgantown, Fairmont and Bridgeport, is looking to fill more than 400 job openings.

Union nurses at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Mass, who are negotiating a new contract with Boston-based Partners HealthCare, have voted to authorize a one-day strike.

The Health Policy Commission has unanimously approved a mandate on nurse staffing in intensive care units throughout Massachusetts, according to The Boston Globe.

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.