Here are six recent actions taken by nurses unions reported by Becker’s Hospital Review since Dec. 2, starting with the most recent:
1. The Ohio State University Nurses Organization filed a grievance against Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, claiming the academic medical center is giving travel nurses scheduling priority over staff and/or clinic nurses, according to a Dec. 16 letter to hospital nursing leaders.
2. Three years after forming a union, nurses at Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.-based NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital are urging hospital management to agree to a contract they say would help alleviate staffing issues at the facility.
3. More than 40 organizations signed a petition, along with more than 6,300 individuals, urging the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration to adopt a permanent standard on COVID-19 in healthcare workplaces as temporary emergency standards are set to expire on Dec. 21.
4. Worcester, Mass.-based Saint Vincent Hospital and the Massachusetts Nurses Association reached a tentative contract on Dec. 17, paving the way for an end to a strike that has lasted nearly 300 days.
5. Brigham and Women’s nurses represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association are accusing hospital leaders at Mass General Brigham of breaking COVID-19-related state orders to limit the number of surgeries and are asking the state to investigate.
6. Nurses who work at a California hospital slated to be closed without a sale are demanding that the facility stay open, the unions that represent them said Dec. 1.
