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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.