The contract between Morgantown-based West Virginia University Hospitals and Local 814, Laborers' International Union of North America has been extended after the union issued a 10-day strike notice Tuesday, according to a WDTV report.
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Eleven hospitals appear on Fortune's 2014 list of "100 Best Companies to Work For," according to a report by The Advisory Board Company.
Unionized registered nurses at UPMC Altoona (Pa.), represented by SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, voted to authorize the union to send a strike notice to the hospital if a contract agreement isn't reached, according to a report by The Altoona Mirror.
Registered nurses picketed Wednesday outside Berkeley, Calif.-based Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, a Sutter Health Affiliate, in protest of recent layoffs and other cuts at the hospital, according to a Berkeley Patch report.
Healthcare can be one of the strongest sectors in the labor market overall, but some positions in the industry are poised for more growth than others this year.
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The number of primary care physicians is declining at a time when the U.S. needs more primary care physicians than ever.
A woman who was fired from her job at Coshocton (Ohio) County Memorial Hospital for refusing to receive a flu vaccination is suing the hospital, according to a Coshocton Tribune report.
Though the nation added 74,000 jobs last month, hospitals and the healthcare industry as a whole did not fare as well, according to the most recent seasonally adjusted numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Hospitals with the most employees are more concentrated in certain regions of the United States than others.
As temperatures in the Midwest and elsewhere in the country dropped to dangerously low levels, schools closed and companies told employees to stay home, hospitals took to keep their employees safe and their facilities staffed and open.