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The phrase "work smarter, not harder," is one that tends to get a reaction out of people. Typically that reaction is one of two things. On one hand, there is a group that says, yes, we need to stop toiling…

After North Adams, Mass.-based Northern Berkshire Healthcare abruptly ended operations at North Adams Regional Hospital, its home health facility and three physician practices March 28, about 530 employees were out of work. Now, 143 of them have jobs again.

The District of Columbia Nurses Association will hold an informational picket Thursday outside Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., after recent hospital workforce proposals included reductions.

Industry lawyers discussed changes to the National Labor Relations Act as they relate to healthcare on Tuesday at the McGuireWoods conference on Healthcare Litigation in Chicago as part of a session entitled Key Labor and Employment Issues in the Healthcare…

Kansas City-based University of Kansas Hospital's Authority Board has approved a contract proposal regarding nurse pay, despite the fact the nurses union rejected the proposal last year, according to a Lawrence Journal-World report.

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Some employees of Baltimore-based The Johns Hopkins Hospital went on strike Wednesday morning after their union and the hospital failed to reach an agreement, according to a WBALTV report.

Approximately 2,000 service workers at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Hospital may strike Wednesday if a contract agreement is not reached today, according to a Baltimore Sun report.

The healthcare industry added 19,400 jobs last month, with hospitals adding 4,000 jobs, according to the most recent seasonally adjusted numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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