Category: human resources

Providence St. Joseph workers set to strike

Members of the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West are set to begin a five-day strike Oct. 23 at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif.

Boston Medical Center workers rally for higher pay

Boston Medical Center workers held a rally Oct. 19 to call for higher pay.

St. Peter's nurses vote to unionize in wake of information leak

Registered nurses have voted to unionize at St. Peter’s Health clinics in Helena, Mont.

Chicago nurses reach deal with 17% raises

Members of the National Nurses Organizing Committee have approved a new three-year labor contract with Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago.

PeaceHealth: Striking hospital workers could lose health insurance

Members of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, AFT Local 5017, could lose their employer-paid health insurance subsidy if their planned strike occurs and carries into November, hospital administrators warned Oct. 17. 

Strike set to begin at PeaceHealth medical centers

Members of the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, AFT Local 5017, are set to begin a strike Oct. 23 at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, Wash., and PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center in Longview, Wash., CBS affiliat…

Allina physicians' unionization among largest in US

More than 400 primary care physicians affiliated with Minneapolis-based Allina Health System have voted to unionize, potentially creating the largest private-sector physicians union in the U.S., according to The New York Times.

Kaiser, workers reach tentative deal: 5 things to know

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and a labor coalition have reached a tentative deal after a strike earlier this month involving tens of thousands of workers in multiple states.

New York hospital nurses vote to strike

Members of the Rochester Union of Nurses and Allied Professionals have voted for the second time this year to authorize a strike at Rochester (N.Y.) General Hospital.  

Union calls for removal of New Jersey system CEO from board

The Rutgers AAUP-AFT faculty/graduate worker union is calling on New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy to rescind RWJBarnabas Health President and CEO Mark Manigan’s appointment to the Rutgers Board of Governors.