Category: human resources

Ascension nurses in Illinois plan strike

Members of the Illinois Nurses Association plan to begin a two-day strike Aug. 22 at Ascension Saint Joseph-Joliet (Ill.). 

Allina physicians move to unionize

A group of Allina Health physicians and practitioners have filed a petition seeking to vote on whether to join the Doctors Council, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union.  

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.