Category: human resources

Kaiser reinforces commitment to fill 10,000 union jobs

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions have set a joint goal of hiring 10,000 new people for coalition-represented jobs this year. 

Trinity Health hospital workers plan strike

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

Nurses strike set at New Jersey hospital

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

Picketing to begin at Kaiser facilities

Members of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions plan to begin picketing July 24 to protest what they say is a short staffing crisis and its effects on patients and caregivers. 

Nurses at New York hospital plan strike

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

Boston Medical Center resident physicians rally for higher pay

Boston Medical Center resident physicians held a demonstration July 20 to call for more competitive pay. 

Stanford physicians rally for higher pay

Resident and fellow physicians of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care, represented by the Committee of Interns and Residents, held a rally July 19 amid contract negotiations.

PeaceHealth workers move to unionize

About 85 nurse practitioners, midwives and physician assistants at Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth have filed a petition seeking to vote on whether to join the Union of American Physicians and Dentists.

Chicago hospital workers to deliver strike notice

Members of SEIU Healthcare Illinois plan to strike over what they allege are substandard wages and the urgent need for safe staffing at Loretto Hospital in Chicago.

1,000+ New York healthcare workers negotiate raises

Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East at Loretto locations in Syracuse, N.Y., and at The Commons on St.  Anthony in Auburn, N.Y., approved new contracts.