The majority of healthcare employers — 54 percent — plan to hire permanent, full-time employees in the second half of 2014, seven percentage points higher than the national average, according to a survey from CareerBuilder and MiracleWorkers.com.
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Service workers at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, members of 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, have approved a new contract that was tentatively reached last week, according to a report by The Baltimore Sun.
Unions are a major force for change in the healthcare industry, representing a majority of healthcare workers in disputes with their employers.
Union employees at Prestonsburg, Ky.-based Highlands Regional Medical Center have rejected the hospital's latest contract offer and could issue a strike notice next week, according to a Floyd County Times report.
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Philadelphia-based Chestnut Hill Hospital and Service Employees International Union Healthcare Pennsylvania have reached a two-year contract agreement, according to a Chestnut Hill Local report.
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Hospital and 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East have come to a tentative labor agreement after a three-day strike, a rally, a threat of another strike and an intervention from the governor.
The healthcare industry added 21,000 jobs in June, making it a large contributor to the nation's overall employment increase of 288,000, according to the most recent jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Talks between Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East resumed Tuesday, according to a WBALTV report.
Registered nurses at Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) General Hospital have voted to start a five-day strike July 4, according to a report by The Times-Tribune.