Category: human resources

SSM Health nurses authorize 2nd strike

Members of the National Nurses Organizing Committee have voted to authorize their nurse bargaining team to call a second strike this year at Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, citing issues such as outsourcing of nurse jobs. 

IU Health nurses consider unionizing

Nurses at Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health and Methodist hospitals are planning to unionize to address staffing issues, WFYI reported Dec. 8.

UMC nurses vote for Louisiana's 1st private hospital union

Nurses at University Medical Center in New Orleans have voted to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United.

Ascension, union negotiations affect children's concert

The union representing nurses at three Ascension hospitals in Texas and Kansas, who recently held one-day strikes, are criticizing the decision to make an in-person children’s Christmas concert virtual amid contract negotiations.

Ascension nurses begin strikes

Nurses at three Ascension hospitals in Texas and Kansas began one-day strikes Dec. 6, marking the second strikes for each hospital this year.

Providence nurses reach tentative deal

After a five-day strike in November, Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (Wash.) and United Food and Commercial Workers 3000 reached a tentative labor contract Dec. 1.

Why 2023 has been the year of labor strikes

This year has been marked by labor actions across the U.S. From coast to coast, healthcare workers have participated in strikes, citing concerns about issues such as pay, staffing and recruitment. The strikes have involved workers from large health sys…

Sutter workers plan strike at psychiatric hospital

Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers plan to strike Dec. 6 at the Sutter Center for Psychiatry in Sacramento, Calif.

Jefferson patient actors seek unionization

A group of gig workers who act as patients at Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University want to unionize, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Dec. 4. 

Northwestern U physicians launch unionization push

Resident physicians and fellows at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, which is on the university’s Chicago campus, announced Dec. 1 their efforts to unionize with the Committee of Interns and Residents, a local of the Service Employees In…