Category: human resources

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.

Ascension nurses reach deal after 3 strikes in 1 year

The Illinois Nurses Association, which represents nurses at Ascension Saint Joseph-Joliet (Ill.), has reached a tentative new labor contract with the nurses’ employer.

Legacy physicians, PAs, NPs consider unionization ahead of possible OHSU purchase

Physicians, physician associates and nurse practitioners at Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health’s primary care clinics announced May 7 their efforts to unionize with the Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association.

800+ California nurses to receive 22.5% pay hike

Members of the California Nurses Association have approved a new labor contract with Washington Hospital Healthcare System in Fremont, Calif.