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Members of UFCW 3000 are set to begin a five-day strike Nov. 14 at two Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (Wash.) campuses. 

Unions and hospitals across the U.S. are negotiating new labor contracts for employees. During negotiations, pay, staffing and workplace conditions are among the key sticking points that emerge, sometimes prompting unions and lawmakers to bring the issues to the hospital…

Unionized UW Health nurses are issuing more than 100 forms with patient safety concerns to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to intensify their calls for the academic health system to make staffing changes.  

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A group of per diem nurses at Lower Bucks Hospital in Bristol, Pa., part of Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare, have voted to unionize.

Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions-represented employees have voted to approve a new four-year national labor contract following an October strike involving tens of thousands of workers in multiple states. Employees also approved their local collective bargaining deals.

Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East at Nathan Littauer Hospital and Nursing Home in Gloversville, N.Y., have given their 20-day strike notice.

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