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Management at financially beleaguered Palm Drive Hospital in Sebastopol, Calif., held meetings last week notifying employees of possible layoffs, according to a report by The Press Democrat.

The following is a roundup of recent events pertaining to hospital-union relationships, including strikes, rallies and new contract agreements. All events were reported within the last two months, beginning with the most recent.

Lawrence (Kan.) Memorial Hospital's board of trustees has approved a plan to build a retail pharmacy for the hospital's employees, according to a Lawrence Journal-World report.

Nurses at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale, Calif., voted this week in favor of joining the California Nurses Association, according to a Glendale News-Press report.

About 1,500 employees at St. Louis-based St. Anthony's Medical Center will have larger paychecks April 11, according to a St. Louis Business Journal report.

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Members of the United Nurses and Allied Professionals union at Westerly (R.I.) Hospital have approved a new three-year contract, according to a report from The Day.

A Service Employee International Union representative met with employees at Sunbury (Pa.) Community Hospital, owned by Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, last week to discuss the possibility of unionizing, according to a report from The Daily Item.

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A strike at University of California's five hospitals scheduled for Monday has been averted, as UC and a union representing technical workers reached a tentative agreement Sunday, according to a Contra Costa Times report.