Members of the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, are set to strike July 24 at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore — marking the nurses’ first-ever strike. The union represents more than 600 nurses at…
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Members of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania are set to begin a five-day strike July 22 at Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospital, part of York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health. The union represents 1,450 nurses and other healthcare workers at the hospital, including emergency department technicians;…
Members of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa began a four-day strike July 8 at HealthPartners Clinic Stillwater (Minn.). The union represents more than 80 workers in roles such as licensed practical nurse, certified medical assistant and other service-unit healthcare positions…
Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East and Communications Workers of America have reached a three-year tentative labor agreement with Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health, according to a July 8 union news release shared with Becker’s. The agreement covers nearly 8,000…
Members of OPEIU Local 40 are set to begin a three-day strike July 7 at McLaren Macomb, a 288-bed tertiary teaching hospital in Mount Clemens, Mich. The union represents 700 nurses and support staff at the facility, according to ABC…
Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association in the Twin Cities Metro region have reached a tentative labor contract with their hospital employers, averting a strike. At the same time, other union members are set to strike later this month at…
Cleveland-based University Hospitals fired two pediatricians accused of sending unsolicited text messages to UH physicians, the health system confirmed to Becker’s. In a statement, system spokesperson Ansley Kelm said the pediatricians were terminated after an investigation determined they went into…
More than 500 employees across three groups at Philadelphia-based Temple Health have ratified their first union contracts. Six things to know: 1. Employees at Temple Health-Chestnut Hill Hospital and Temple University Hospital-Jeanes Campus, both in Philadelphia, had been negotiating for…
Workers at Sharp HealthCare medical offices across the San Diego area have voted to form a union with SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West. The election, conducted in June by the National Labor Relations Board, covers approximately 40 front-line workers at six…
The University of California has implemented a pay increase of $25 an hour or a 5% increase — whichever is greater — for more than 37,000 university employees represented by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local…