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A group of emergency room physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and lead advanced practice clinicians at Ascension St. John Hospital in Detroit has voted to join the Greater Detroit Association of Emergency Physicians, according to the National Labor Relations Board.

Care team recognition is an essential component of a broader workforce strategy, but many provider organizations have yet to fully deploy team recognition programs.

Nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., have voted to authorize a strike, according to a hospital statement shared with Becker's July 11.

Nurses at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., have voted to join the District of Columbia Nurses Association, the union said in a news release on its Facebook page.

Members of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West plan to picket starting July 11 at 12 Tenet Healthcare facilities in California.

Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East at 19 HCA Healthcare hospitals in Florida have approved a new three-year contract. 

Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East at Dunkirk, N.Y.-based Brooks-TLC Hospital System recently approved a new three-year contract. 

Nurses at McLaren Lapeer (Mich.) Region Hospital have voted to ratify a new three-year contract, including wage increases averaging 19 percent across its lifetime. 

Nurses at Eleanor Slater Hospital, a public facility in Cranston, R.I., issued a vote of no confidence in leadership, The Providence Journal reports. 

Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association have approved a new 18-month contract agreement with Boston-based Tufts Medical Center.