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Health Professionals & Allied Employees members have approved a new labor contract with Hackensack Meridian Health to establish the first staffing ratios in the history of the system's North Bergen, N.J.-based Palisades Medical Center, according to a June 13 union…

Members of the Oregon Nurses Association at six Providence facilities plan to continue picketing this week following a three-day strike that began June 18.

Nurses at six Providence facilities in Oregon are set to begin a three-day strike this week.

Residents and fellow physicians at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore have voted to unionize with the Maryland chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, according to union and hospital statements shared with Becker's.

Hospitalists who work in Bellingham and Sedro-Woolley, Wash., have voted to join the Union of American Physicians and Dentists, according to a June 13 statement from the union, which was shared with Becker's.

Members of the Oregon Nurses Association are set to begin a three-day strike June 18 at six Providence facilities, in what the union deems the largest nurses' strike in the state's history.

Registered nurses at Ascension Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Mich., who are represented by Teamsters Local 332, have voted to approve a new labor contract. 

Thousands of employees at Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health and Clinics will receive a stipend benefit to help cover parking expenses at their workplace.

Members of the nation's largest union of registered nurses are calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to lift a so-called hiring freeze they say is creating patient safety risks at hospitals across the country. 

Nurse retention is a serious challenge for hospitals and health systems. Finding innovative solutions is a must at a time when nurses increasingly value flexibility while organizations struggle to keep costs down.