SEIU Healthcare PA is attempting to organize employees at the largest employer in the Pittsburgh region: UPMC.
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Hospitals lost 1,200 jobs in February and hospital employment is down by 10,000 over the last three months, according to the most recent seasonally adjusted numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Of healthcare and social assistance industry workers, 7.2 percent were members of unions in 2013, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A U.S. federal court judge has blocked Berkeley, Calif.-based Alta Bates Summit Medical Center's plans to restructure its nurse staffing model, in response to a request brought by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United.
Negotiations between Morgantown-based West Virginia University Hospitals and one of its unions fell through Monday, and union members could strike later this month, according to a report by The Daily Athenaeum.
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Industry experts say a deliberate, data-driven approach to employee engagement and satisfactions benefits hospitals, their staff members and their patients.
The contract between West Virginia University Hospitals and its union has been extended until March 17, averting a strike planned for March 8.
A union at Morgantown-based West Virginia University Hospitals has once again given the system a strike notice, and workers plan to walk out March 8, according to a WDTV report.
A look at how two health systems approach population health management for their employees.
Nearly half — 46 percent — of healthcare workers are likely to look for a new job in the next 12 months, an increase of 15 percent from quarter 3, according to the most recent Randstad Healthcare Employee Confidence Index.