The following is a roundup of recent events pertaining to hospital-union relationships, including strikes, partnerships and new contract agreements. All events were reported within the last month, beginning with the most recent.
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This week, the Service Employees International Union and the Greater New York Hospital Association launched an ad campaign together advocating for Congress to avoid any further cuts to hospital reimbursements.
When San Leandro (Calif.) Hospital becomes part of Oakland, Calif.-based Alameda Health System at the end of this month, its 200 unionized nurses will have a new contract, according to San Francisco Business Times report.
Lawrence (Kan.) Memorial Hospital has outsourced its food preparation services to Boston-based Unidine Corp. as part of a revamping of its food and beverage division, according to a Lawrence Journal-World report.
Three years ago this month, the Institute of Medicine released a report titled "Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health," giving the industry a blueprint to transform nursing and, therefore, improve healthcare. One of the report's recommendations was to increase…
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Northside Hospital in Atlanta will stop providing health insurance coverage to the spouses of some employees if those spouses have access to coverage through their own jobs, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.
Greenfield, Mass.-based Baystate Franklin Medical Center nurses authorized their union, the Massachusetts Nurses Association, to call a three-day strike in a Tuesday vote, according to a report by The Republican.
Plumas District Hospital in Quincy, Calif., is changing its employee retirement plan for the first time in 40 years, according to a Plumas County News report.
For the third time in the last five months, healthcare had the most job cuts of any sector, with 8,128 reported layoffs in September, according to the latest report from global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
Washington Hospital in Fremont, Calif., and the California Nurses Association have reached a contract agreement, giving the hospital's 683 nurses pay raises, pending approval by the hospital's board, according to a report by the Contra Costa Times.