Five security officers at Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network are accusing the health system of failing to pay them for all hours worked, alleging the system manipulated timecards to avoid overtime payments for working through meal breaks, according to…
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Employees of Sterling, Ill.-based CGH Medical Center ratified their first union contract July 13-15 after five years of negotiations with hospital management, according to a release from AFSCME Council 31. Workers first organized their union in 2019 and received certification…
Registered nurses and resident physicians at San Francisco-based UCSF Health rallied outside a UC Regents meeting July 15, calling on hospital leadership to address what they described as a patient safety crisis driven by emergency department boarding and unsafe staffing.…
About 450 clinicians at Boston-based Mass General Brigham Home Care returned to work July 15 after a seven-day strike, part of what the Massachusetts Nurses Association called the largest healthcare labor dispute in the state’s history alongside a separate nursing…
The Michigan Nurses Association has sued Sturgis (Mich.) Hospital, alleging the now-shuttered hospital violated federal law by giving employees just three days’ notice before closing, according to a complaint shared with Becker’s. The MNA, which represents approximately 17 registered nurses…
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California nurses represented by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United staged a protest July 13 outside the American Hospital Association Leadership Summit in Denver, citing concerns about Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente’s accelerating use of AI in patient…
More than 4,000 registered nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston returned to patient care at 7 a.m. July 13, concluding what the Massachusetts Nurses Association called the largest nurse strike and work stoppage in Massachusetts history, according to…
Skilled maintenance workers employed by MedSpace Services canceled their planned July 2 strike at six Illinois hospitals owned by Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare after reaching new collective bargaining agreements. Four things to know: 1. The workers, represented by the International…
Members of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, Pa., are set to vote July 8 on the date and duration of what would be their first strike since 2004, according to union and hospital statements…
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham is managing a planned strike involving thousands of nurses and other clinicians represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association. Five things to know: 1. The strike involves more than 4,000 nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital…