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Social workers and interpreters employed by Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif., voted to join Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West.

A certified surgical technologist is suing West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health, alleging discrimination based on race and color, according to court documents shared with Becker's.

Recruiting and retaining providers is more challenging than ever.

A hospital nurse who was fired after a violent assault from a patient has won her case to gain unemployment benefits following a court ruling in Iowa.

Amid contract negotiations with Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital, members of Service Employees International Union Healthcare Illinois are publicizing their concerns about staffing and pay.

Members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 have approved a three-year contract with Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay, Ore., after nearly a full year of negotiations, the hospital said March 29.

Longmont (Colo.) United Hospital, part of Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health, illegally held back pay and benefit increases to unionized nurses amid their representation election appeal, a National Labor Relations Board judge found, according to Bloomberg Law and Law360.

When it comes to nursing staff, healthcare organizations are experiencing a perfect storm.

Resident physicians employed by Detroit Education & Research and working at Detroit Medical Center hospitals are seeking a unionization election.

Members of the Physicians' and Dentists' Organization of Contra Costa have reached a new contract with county management, avoiding a potential strike, according to a March 27 union news release shared with Becker's.