Starting today, more than 7,000 workers from Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health are voting on whether to authorize a strike at the system's facilities.
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Roughly 5,900 hospital jobs were cut in May, the first month over the past several years that the hospital sector produced a net loss, according to preliminary seasonally adjusted figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The following is a roundup of recent events pertaining to hospital-union relationships, including strikes, pickets and new contract agreements. All occurred in the last month, beginning with the most recent.
Washington (Pa.) Health System Washington Hospital is cutting 68 positions, leading to about 25 layoffs, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
Kingsport, Tenn.-based Wellmont Health System is cutting about 50 positions from three of its hospitals in southwest Virginia, according to a WYMT report.
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Copley Hospital in Morrisville, Vt., and the United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5109 ratified a new three-year contract June 3.
Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System has laid off 147 employees across its system, according to Washington Business Journal report.
Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates is cutting some benefits for its 42,000 U.S. employees, according to a News-Press report.
Collaboratives, mergers, partnerships, ACOs, GPOs, etc. Every day we hear news of another group of hospitals or medical groups consolidating in some way, shape or form to grow their patient base, spread out fixed costs, expand patient access to services,…
Pasco, Wash.-based Lourdes Health Network plans to lay off 50 to 65 employees, according to a Tri-City Herald report.