Members of the New York State Nurses Association have voted to give their bargaining teams the ability to call a strike.
Category: human resources
UPMC nurses approve contract with potential for 30% wage increases
Members of Service Employees International Union Healthcare Pennsylvania have approved an agreement with UPMC Altoona (Pa.), part of Pittsburgh-based UPMC.
Maine nurses confront hospital president over end of paid leave
Members of the Maine State Nurses Association are expressing disapproval toward Maine Medical Center President Jeff Sanders after they said the Portland-based hospital illegally ended nurses’ paid leave for bereavement, jury duty and military serv…
Post-Christmas strike averted at Tenet's Saint Vincent Hospital
Members of Teamsters Union Local 170 have reached a tentative deal with Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., averting a planned Dec. 26 strike.
TikTok video of nurses confronting admin over staffing prompts investigation of New York hospital
Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, N.Y., faces a state investigation related to its comprehensive emergency psychiatric program after allegations of a 1:53 nurse-patient ratio spread on social media, according to nurse.org.
UPMC tentative deal with nurses allows for 30% wage increases over 3 years
Members of Service Employees International Union Healthcare Pennsylvania have reached a tentative agreement with UPMC Altoona (Pa.), part of Pittsburgh-based UPMC, the Altoona Mirror reported Dec. 20.
After a strike ended with a new contract, Saint Vincent nurses say 'toxicity' persists 1 year later
About a year after a monthslong strike, members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., continue to face tension with hospital administration, nurses allege in a Dec. 17 Telegram & Gazette report.
17,000 New York City nurses begin voting on possible strike
Members of the New York State Nurses Association have begun voting on whether to give their bargaining teams the ability to call a strike.
Stanford Healthcare tentative deal raises workers' pay by 15% over 3 years
Members of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West at Stanford Medical Center and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., have reached a tentative agreement that raises wages and increases the minimum wage.
The big raises that averted strikes
Healthcare workers have participated in labor strikes across the U.S., citing concerns about staffing, patient care, working conditions and employee retention. But there are several situations where such walkouts were averted after contracts were reach…
