On March 3, the Region 6 office of the National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against Pittsburgh-based UPMC and one of its subsidiaries, UPMC Altoona (Pa.), over allegations related to the termination of an agency nurse.
Category: human resources
340+ RNs at Adventist hospital vote to unionize
Registered nurses at Adventist Health Lodi (Calif.) Memorial have voted to join the California Nurses Association, an affiliate of National Nurses United, The Sacramento Bee reported March 9.
3rd group of Ascension nurses votes to unionize
Registered nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita, Kan., have voted to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United.
3rd group of Ascension nurses votes to unionize
Registered nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita, Kan., have voted to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United.
Oregon nurses accuse CommonSpirit of wage theft, missed payments
Members of the Oregon Nurses Association have filed a class action lawsuit against Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health alleging wage theft and missed payments at its Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg, Ore., and St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton, Ore., acc…
UVM Medical Center workers to receive raises of up to 25%
Members of the Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals approved a contract with Burlington-based University of Vermont Medical Center that includes immediate pay raises of 6.5 percent to 25.6 percent for most bargaining unit members.
Labor board ruling yields limits on confidentiality in hospital severance agreements
The ruling in a case involving furloughed hospital employees in Michigan will make it harder for employers to include confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in severance agreements, mlive.com reported.
MedStar nurses strike deal to hire 1,350 nurses at DC hospital
On March 4, nurses at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., voted to ratify a new contract that includes a commitment from the hospital to hire 1,350 registered nurses by 2025.
Union calls on South Dakota to intervene in Sanford-Fairview merger
Officials with the union representing workers affected by the proposed merger of Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services are voicing opposition to the proposal and calling for involvement from South Dakota …
Union seeks to reopen contract talks for 78,000 healthcare workers
Citing worker burnout and other challenges, a union seeks to reopen its master contract with 90 hospitals and nursing homes in the New York City area early, Politico reported March 2.
