Healthcare professionals looking for jobs are becoming more confident in their ability to find a job, according to the newest Job Search Confidence Index from StartWire, a job search organizer.
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The following is a roundup of recent events pertaining to hospital-union relationships, including strikes, pickets and new contract agreements. All events were reported within the last month, beginning with the most recent.
The National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against Valley Hospital in Spokane Valley, Wash., and Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, Wash., based on a charge filed by the Service Employees International Union 1199NW, according to an Inlander report.
Registered nurses at two hospitals operated by Appalachian Regional Healthcare — Appalachian Regional Hospital in Hazard, Ky., and Beckley (W.Va.) Appalachian Regional Hospital — plan to strike Thursday.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System has unfrozen its employees' paid time off accrual, after halting it in early March, according to a Times Free Press report.
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This week, lawmakers in California will consider two bills intended to improve workplace safety in the state's hospitals. The bills are sponsored by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United.
Changes in healthcare are starting to have a dramatic impact on the nursing workforce, which should concern any hospital that wants to retain top nursing talent.
More than a dozen nurses held an informational picket outside Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) General Hospital Monday over nurse staffing levels, according to report by The Scranton Times-Tribune.
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