Category: human resources

Michigan Medicine to end health plan, expects layoffs

University of Michigan Health Plan through Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine will end after 2025. 

Union plans 2nd staff strike at Essentia Health hospital

Members of Service Employees International Union  Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa are set to begin an open-ended strike on Dec. 9 in Deer River, Minn.

Nurses at 4 UnityPoint Iowa hospitals plan to form union

Nurses at Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health hospitals are planning to form a union to address concerns over wages and staffing ratios.

Sharp workers reach deal with pay raises of up to 35%

Nearly 5,000 front-line healthcare workers represented by SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West at San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare have approved their first labor contract, according to a joint news release shared with Becker’s.

Sharp workers reach deal with pay raises of up to 35%

Nearly 5,000 front-line healthcare workers represented by SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West at San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare have approved their first labor contract, according to a joint news release shared with Becker’s.

3,000 physicians across 3 Philadelphia systems to vote on joining union

More than 3,000 resident physicians and fellows from three Philadelphia-based systems will consider a plan to unionize, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Nov. 21.

Iowa hospital fires employee over alleged treatment of transgender patient

A patient-access representative at Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, was fired for violating code-of-conduct policies after an interaction with a transgender patient, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported Nov. 21.

Cambridge Health Alliance clinicians seek to form union

About 160 clinicians at Cambridge (Mass.) Health Alliance have filed paperwork with the state to form a union, citing concerns over burnout and unsustainable working conditions, according to The Boston Globe.

Northwell hospital nurses vote to unionize

Nurses at Northwell Health’s Huntington Hospital have voted to join the New York State Nurses Association, according to a union news release shared with Becker’s.

Physicians at 4 Rhode Island hospitals seek unionization

Medical residents and fellows affiliated with Brown University and employed at Care New England and Brown University Health hospitals in Rhode Island are taking steps toward unionization.