Social workers and interpreters employed by Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif., voted to join Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West.
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UnityPoint hospital removed tech from surgery because of race, lawsuit claims
A certified surgical technologist is suing West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health, alleging discrimination based on race and color, according to court documents shared with Becker’s.
Nurse wins contested unemployment benefits claim after assault from patient
A hospital nurse who was fired after a violent assault from a patient has won her case to gain unemployment benefits following a court ruling in Iowa.
Northwestern hospital workers allege staffing crisis
Amid contract negotiations with Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital, members of Service Employees International Union Healthcare Illinois are publicizing their concerns about staffing and pay.
Workers at 30 HCA hospitals hold day of action as contracts expire
Members of the Service Employees International Union at hospitals owned by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare will hold a nationwide day of action March 31 as union contracts expire, according to a union news release shared with Becker’s.
Workers at 30 HCA hospitals hold day of action as contracts expire
Members of the Service Employees International Union at hospitals owned by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare will hold a nationwide day of action March 31 as union contracts expire, according to a union news release shared with Becker’s.
Oregon hospital workers resolve nearly year-long labor dispute
Members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 have approved a three-year contract with Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay, Ore., after nearly a full year of negotiations, the hospital said March 29.
Centura hospital illegally withheld pay from nurses: Judge
Longmont (Colo.) United Hospital, part of Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health, illegally held back pay and benefit increases to unionized nurses amid their representation election appeal, a National Labor Relations Board judge found, according to Bl…
Detroit medical residents move to unionize
Resident physicians employed by Detroit Education & Research and working at Detroit Medical Center hospitals are seeking a unionization election.
Michigan Medicine workers move to unionize
Respiratory therapists and technologists at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine’s University Hospital and C.S. Mott Children’s and Women’s Hospital seek to organize with Service Employees International Union Michigan and have requested that the Universit…
