Category: human resources

Ascension nurses in Illinois plan 3rd strike

Nurses at Ascension Saint Joseph-Joliet (Ill.), who are members of the Illinois Nurses Association, have called for their third strike in the last year. 

Nurses at HCA California hospital approve contract

Members of SEIU 121RN have approved a new labor contract with Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif., part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, hospital and union spokespeople confirmed to Becker’s.

What to know now about healthcare and unions

Union activity and negotiations between unions and hospitals continue to be prevalent as issues such as pay, staffing and working conditions are center stage at the bargaining table.

Northwestern U physicians begin unionization vote

Resident physicians and fellows at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, which is on the university’s Chicago campus, have begun voting on whether to join the Committee of Interns and Residents, a local of the Service Employees International…

Hawaii hospital nurses launch 7-day strike: 7 things to know

Nurses began a seven-day strike Jan. 21 at Honolulu-based Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children, according to a Jan. 22 report from the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

Labor board files complaint against Ascension hospital

The National Labor Relations Board regional office has issued a consolidated complaint against Ascension Providence Rochester (Mich.) Hospital, in response to allegations filed by OPEIU Local 40, which represents registered nurses and radiology technol…

Nurses at Tenet hospital vote to unionize

Nurses at Framingham (Mass.) Union Hospital have voted to join the Massachusetts Nurses Association. 

CHRO turnover dips

Chief human resources officers are seeing lower turnover rates than they did previously, Fortune reported Jan. 19. 

Pennsylvania hospital staff vote for union removal

Support and administrative workers at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia have voted in favor of removing District 1199C, an affiliate of the national AFSCME union, as their bargaining representative.

Woman fired after giving fake name to North Carolina system

Oxford, N.C.-based Granville Health System has fired a woman who was hired using a fake name and has been accused of defrauding medical facilities, NBC affiliate WRAL reported Jan. 15.