The two unions at E.J. Noble Hospital in Gouverneur, N.Y., will be recognized by Gouverneur Hospital when it takes over operations at E.J. Noble, according to a Watertown Daily Times report.
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A group of 120 employees — members of Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital's technical bargaining unit — are working to unionize through the Communication Workers of America, according to an Olean Times Herald report.
The National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, claiming the health system harassed and intimidated workers who were trying to unionize at several of its hospitals, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report.
Healthcare as an industry sector accounts for 13 percent of the total workforce in the U.S., according to recent CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists International data analysis.
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In 2011, there were more than 2 million lost work days in healthcare, generating more than $13 billion in costs, according to a report in Professional Safety, the American Society of Safety Engineers journal.
Since the beginning of 2012, all but five of the largest 100 metropolitan areas have added healthcare jobs, according to recent research from CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists International.
The Youngstown, Ohio-based Northside Medical Center nurses who made the news for striking Monday are mostly back at work, according to a report from The Vindicator.
Akron (Ohio) General Medical Center is laying off roughly 30 employees and moving 30 others into new jobs as it eliminates about 60 positions, according to an Akron Beacon Journal report.
Even though the one-day strike is technically over, nurses from Youngstown, Ohio-based Northside Medical Center continued to walk the picket line Wednesday after the hospital prevented some nurses from returning to work, according to a WFMJ report.