Resident physicians and fellows at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, which is on the university's Chicago campus, have begun voting on whether to join the Committee of Interns and Residents, a local of the Service Employees International Union.
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Nurses began a seven-day strike Jan. 21 at Honolulu-based Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children, according to a Jan. 22 report from the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
The National Labor Relations Board regional office has issued a consolidated complaint against Ascension Providence Rochester (Mich.) Hospital, in response to allegations filed by OPEIU Local 40, which represents registered nurses and radiology technologists at the hospital.
Nurses at Framingham (Mass.) Union Hospital have voted to join the Massachusetts Nurses Association.
Chief human resources officers are seeing lower turnover rates than they did previously, Fortune reported Jan. 19.
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Support and administrative workers at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia have voted in favor of removing District 1199C, an affiliate of the national AFSCME union, as their bargaining representative.
Oxford, N.C.-based Granville Health System has fired a woman who was hired using a fake name and has been accused of defrauding medical facilities, NBC affiliate WRAL reported Jan. 15.
Nurses have authorized a strike at ProMedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital in Adrian, Mich., part of Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica.
The National Labor Relations Board has certified the union election of physicians at Minneapolis-based Allina Health's Mercy Hospital over the health system's objections, the Minnesota Reformer reported Jan. 12.
Four registered nurses and five other healthcare workers, who were fired from Prime Healthcare's St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, Calif., are seeking reinstatement.