Category: human resources

15,000 HCA workers begin contract bargaining

A total of 15,000 nurses and other healthcare workers at HCA Healthcare-owned hospitals in Florida and Nevada have started bargaining to negotiate new contracts, their union announced March 2. 

UC nurses call out practices they say put patients at risk

Nurses at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles and UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus in San Francisco are raising awareness about their concerns regarding working conditions at the facilities, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Providence workers seek union representation

Providence Women’s Clinic and Providence Home Health and Hospice caregivers in Oregon seek to vote on union representation. 

Strike at Kaiser-affiliated Hawaii hospitals enters 2nd week

Members of United Public Workers are entering the second week of their strike at three Maui Health hospitals in Hawaii.

St. Charles physicians withdraw unionization petition

Physicians, advanced practice providers and other caregivers within St. Charles Medical Group  have withdrawn their petition with the National Labor Relations Board for union representation.

California health system workers protest, alleging 40 violent incidents in 1 month

From janitors to physicians, workers at Santa Clara (Calif.) Valley Healthcare System allege the health system has unsafe staffing practices that put patients and providers at risk. 

900 Michigan Medicine workers join new union

More than 900 diagnostic technologists at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine have joined a new union, according to mlive.com.

What's next for Penn Medicine physicians seeking unionization?

As resident physicians and fellows at Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania Health System seek to form a union, there are multiple factors that can dictate their path forward, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported Feb. 24. 

Workers urge Minnesota hospital leaders to address 'widespread and entrenched' racism

Workers at several Twin Cities hospitals are calling for action after a recent survey found allegations of racism in the healthcare workplace, Sahan Journal reported Feb. 21. 

UCSF nurses allege 'crisis' working conditions

Registered nurses at the University of California San Francisco will rally outside the hospital on Feb. 28 to protest “crisis conditions,” which they allege are caused by unsafe staffing ratios.