Category: human resources

Several lawmakers in Pennsylvania have expressed concerns related to contract negotiations on behalf of healthcare workers at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton, Pa., part of Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger.

The following hospital-union events, including strikes, unionization votes and contract approvals, have been reported by Becker’s in February and March.

Worcester, Mass.-based Saint Vincent Hospital has been cleared by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health after nurses filed more than 600 staffing and safety reports with state and federal agencies. 

Hundreds of front-line healthcare workers across multiple job classifications at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton, Pa., have voted to authorize their bargaining committees to call one-day strikes.

St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass. — where nurses have filed more than 600 safety and staffing complaints since July — was found noncompliant with some CMS conditions during a recent visit from The Joint Commission. 

Nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas, and Ascension Borgess Allegan (Mich.) Hospital have approved new labor contracts. 

Members of Communications Workers of America District 1 have filed more than 2,500 complaints against Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health regarding staffing levels and patient safety.

Members of the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, are set to hold a one-day strike March 14 at UChicago Medicine.

Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) General Hospital has agreed to pay $12,000 as part of a settlement agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry’s Bureau of Labor Law Compliance regarding alleged violations of the state’s Prohibition of Excessive O…

Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association at Newburyport, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Anna Jaques Hospital have approved a new three-year contract.