Members of SEIU Healthcare Michigan are set to hold a one-day strike Oct. 15 at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine.
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Nurses reach deal with Hawaii hospital, ending lockout
Honolulu-based Hawaii Pacific Health’s Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women and Children has reached a three-year contract agreement with nurses represented by the Hawaii Nurses Association. The nurses will return to work Oct. 6, putting an end to a loc…
Kaiser workers' historic strike: 10 things to know 1 year later
In November, Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions-represented employees approved a new four-year national labor contract following a strike involving tens of thousands of workers in multiple states. Employees also approved their local collective barga…
Nurses seek unionization at 8 Michigan hospitals
Nurses at Corewell Health East, which is part of Corewell Health in Southeast Michigan, filed paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board on Sept. 27 to unionize as Nurses for Nurses, a committee of the Michigan Teamsters Joint Council No. 43.
Penn Med residents, fellows reach tentative deal
Resident physicians and fellows at Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine, which comprises the University of Pennsylvania Health System and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have reached a tentative agreement on their first c…
CommonSpirit workers to picket at 4 California hospitals
Healthcare workers from Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, who are represented by SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, will hold informational pickets Sept. 24-26 at four Dignity Health hospitals across California to protest what they say is the outsou…
Brigham and Women's Faulkner nurses union reaches deal, strike averted
The Massachusetts Nurses Association has tentatively agreedto a three-year contract with Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital in Boston, averting a planned one-day strike.
Hawaii hospital locks out nurses after strike
Honolulu-based Hawaii Pacific Health’s Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women and Children has imposed a lockout of nurses represented by the Hawaii Nurses Association after the group’s one-day strike Sept. 13, the Honolulu Star Advertiser reported.
Less than half of employees report unethical behavior
Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. workers have witnessed or have firsthand knowledge of colleagues expressing unethical behavior, according to a Sept. 4 Gallup article.
Nurses file complaints over patient safety at Tenet hospitals
Nurses from Framingham (Mass.) Union Hospital, part of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, have filed complaints with state and federal agencies regarding alleged jeopardized patient safety stemming from staffing, hospital policy and technology allocation i…
