Category: human resources

HCA hospitals illegally skirted union on COVID-19 pay, labor board says

A National Labor Relations Board panel affirmed an earlier decision that three hospitals run by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare violated labor laws when they implemented COVID-19 pay programs and other policies without first notifying and bargain…

Chicago hospital workers reach agreement after 11-day strike

Loretto Hospital in Chicago and Service Employees International Union Healthcare Illinois have reached a new labor agreement.

OSU Wexner Medical Center workers vote to unionize

Respiratory therapists at the Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center in Columbus have voted to affiliate with the Ohio Nurses Association and the American Federation of Teachers.

Unionization gaining traction among physicians

Amid today’s challenges, hospitals and health systems are seeing physicians seek representation at the bargaining table.

New Jersey hospital workers go on strike

Members of United Steelworkers Local 4-200 are on strike Aug. 4 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J.

Trinity Health hospital workers go on strike

Members of Service Employees International Union Healthcare Michigan are on strike Aug. 4 at Trinity Health Grand Haven (Mich.) Hospital.

New York hospital workers begin strike

Members of the Rochester Union of Nurses and Allied Professionals began a two-day strike Aug. 3 at Rochester (N.Y.) General Hospital. 

Providence hospital physicians vote to unionize

Physicians who work at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore., have voted to join the Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association, a hospitalists union represented by AFT Healthcare and serviced by the Oregon Nurses Association.

NYC public hospital nurses to receive raise under 'historic' contract

Members of the New York State Nurses Association have reached a new contract with NYC Health + Hospitals/mayoral agencies and the city of New York. 

California county hospital staff get 13% raise in tentative labor deal

Service Employees International Union Local 521 has reached a tentative agreement on a successor contract with Santa Clara County in California.