Members of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa plan to strike July 6 outside Abbott Northwestern Hospital and Allina Health’s corporate headquarters in Minneapolis, according to a union news release shared with Becker’s. The union represents 65 hospice nurses who provide…
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Approximately 4,500 registered nurses and clinicians at Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham plan to strike July 8, which would be the largest healthcare strike in the state’s history, according to the Massachusetts Nurses Association. Six things to know: 1. The…
Members of National Nurses United are planning one-day strikes July 6 at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis and St. Joseph hospitals in Wichita, Kan., and Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore. The union represents nearly 1,200 nurses at Ascension Via…
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital nurses represented by Einstein Nurses United voted June 24 to ratify a new three-year labor contract, according to a union news release shared with Becker’s. The agreement covers nearly 1,200 nurses represented by Einstein Nurses United,…
Skilled maintenance workers employed by MedSpace Services plan to strike July 2 at six Illinois hospitals owned by Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare. Four things to know: 1. The workers, represented by the International Union of Operating Engineers, voted in May…
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Members of the Michigan Nurses Association are set to begin a three-day strike July 3 at MyMichigan Medical Center Alma, part of Midland-based MyMichigan Health. The union represents 178 nurses at the hospital, according to an MNA news release. Members…
Physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants at Phoenix-based Banner Health have filed a petition for union representation with the Union of American Physicians and Dentists, the union said in a June 22 news release shared with Becker’s. If the election…
From restructuring leadership teams to limiting hiring and adjusting compensation, health system leaders are making difficult workforce decisions that require balancing organizational priorities, financial realities and employee needs. While the circumstances vary, those decisions often require balancing several competing priorities…
A wave of new medical schools has opened across the country in recent years, and more are in the planning stages. For health system leaders, each represents a rare opportunity to address one of the industry’s most pressing long-term threats. …
Registered nurses at St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago voted June 17 to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United. The union said in a June 17 news release that nurses voted 96% in…