Category: human resources

2,300 NYC physicians reach contract

The Committee of Interns and Residents, a local of the Service Employees International Union, has reached a tentative labor contract with New York City on behalf of 2,300 resident physicians and fellows at NYC Health + Hospitals.

NYU Langone nurse fired after comments about Gaza

New York City-based NYU Langone Health fired a nurse after she gave an acceptance speech for a health system nursing award during which she labeled the conflict in Gaza a “genocide.”

Nurses petition Baystate management over staffing, patient care

Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association delivered a petition May 29 to management at Westfield-based Baystate Noble Hospital amid contract negotiations.

Nurses urge health department for onsite inspectors at Tenet hospital

Registered nurses and the Massachusetts Nurses Association have filed a fifth round of complaints against Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., to state and federal agencies, which include a direct appeal to the Massachusetts Department of Public…

Kaiser physicians vote to unionize

Resident and fellow physicians employed by Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Northern California voted to join the Committee of Interns and Residents, a local chapter of the Service Employees International Union.

Ascension nurses reach tentative agreement, averting strike

Teamsters 332 has reached a tentative labor contract with Ascension Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Mich.

500 Ascension nurses to receive lump sum payment

Members of the Illinois Nurses Association, which represents 500 nurses at Ascension Saint Joseph-Joliet (Ill.), have approved a tentative new labor contract with the nurses’ employer.

Nearly 500 Pennsylvania nurses to receive signing bonuses

Nurses at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia have approved a new three-year contract that includes signing bonuses.

ChristianaCare physicians seek unionization

Physicians at ChristianaCare in Delaware have petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to vote on joining the Doctors Council, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union.

HCA nurses vote to remove union

Nurses at Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville, Texas, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, voted this month to remove National Nurses United as their exclusive representative.