Category: human resources

Providence strikes stretch into 5th week: 7 things to know

Providence is entering its fifth week of strikes at facilities in Oregon, as multiple bargaining units represented by the Oregon Nurses Association remain without ratified labor contracts.

800 Geisinger hospital nurses give strike notice

Members of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania are set to begin a five-day strike Feb. 17 at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre.

Legacy Health nurses vote to unionize

Nurses at Legacy Emanuel, Randall Children’s Hospital, and Good Samaritan Hospital, all part of Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health, have voted to join the Oregon Nurses Association.

New Orleans hospital nurses begin 2nd strike prior to Super Bowl

Members of the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, began their second strike Feb. 5 at University Medical Center in New Orleans, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s.

Providence St. Vincent hospitalists reach tentative deal

Hospitalists and palliative care physicians from Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, represented by the Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association, have reached a tentative agreement with Providence Oregon, according to Feb. 5 news …

Providence strikes tentative deals with 8 nurse units

Providence has reached tentative agreements with the Oregon Nurses Association covering the eight registered nurse bargaining units currently on strike, according to Feb. 4 news releases shared with Becker’s from the union and health system. 

Nurses at Ascension hospital recertify union

Registered nurses at Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore have voted to retain the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, as their labor representative, according to a Feb. 3 union news release.

Providence reaches tentative deal with 2 of 11 striking units

Providence Women’s Clinic in Portland, Ore., and two units represented by the Oregon Nurses Association — registered nurses and physicians/providers — have reached a tentative agreement, according to respective Feb. 2 news releases from the union and P…

New York hospital workers reach 4-year deal with 22% raises

More than 750 1199SEIU union members at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, N.Y., would receive 22.25% wage increases under a four-year agreement.

Oregon governor intervenes in Providence strike

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has stepped in amid an open-ended strike that began Jan. 10 at Providence hospitals and clinics across the state.