Nursing unions are campaigning strenuously in Washington, DC and state capitals for legislation mandating nurse-patient ratios in hospitals. They are right to highlight the connection between those ratios and quality healthcare, but the solution that they propose focuses on the…
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The healthcare industry contributed 25,000 of the overall 214,000 new jobs that were added in the U.S. last month, according to the most recent jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
U.S. healthcare employees' confidence has fallen to the lowest level in over a year, decreasing from 59.8 in the second quarter of 2014 to 54.3 in the third quarter, according to the Randstad Healthcare Employee Confidence Index, Rand Healthcare's system…
Members of National Nurses United in 12 states and Washington, D.C., plan to picket or strike Nov. 12 as the union seeks stronger Ebola safety precautions in hospitals.
Dozens of Detroit Medical Center employees rallied Monday in protest of the system's plan to outsource housekeeping services, according to a report from The Detroit News.
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Chicago-based University of Illinois Hospital reached a tentative contract agreement in time to avert a strike that was scheduled to begin 7 a.m. Tuesday, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
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Unionized workers at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield, Ore., plan to start a three-day strike Oct. 28, according to a report by The Register-Guard.
Unionized nurses at University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago are threatening to strike Tuesday if a contract agreement is not reached by Monday night, according to an ABC7 News report.
Unionized workers at Wayne HealthCare in Greenville, Ohio, rejected the hospital's contract offer earlier this month and voted to authorize a strike, according to a Daily Advocate report.