Category: human resources

Physicians at 4 Sutter Health campuses seek to unionize

Resident physicians at Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health’s four San Francisco California Pacific Medical Center locations have signed cards in support of joining the Committee of Interns and Residents, the union confirmed to Becker’s Jan. 18.

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital workers stage walkout

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital employees, who are members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, staged a walkout Jan. 17 outside the Boston-based facility, according to hospital and union statements shared with Becker’s.  

What rising tensions mean for hospital workers in 2023

Hospital and union labor disputes have intensified in recent months as workers call on hospitals to improve staffing levels and provide competitive pay and other benefits. 

Providence nurses to rally at Oregon headquarters over paid leave

Amid contract negotiations, nurses plan to rally Jan. 20 at Providence’s Oregon headquarters in Portland to call for improved paid family and sick leave standards. 

Mount Sinai South Nassau nurses vote to unionize

Nurses at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside, N.Y., have voted to join the New York State Nurses Association, according to hospital and union statements. 

New York City nurses end strike as tentative agreements reached: 8 things to know

About 7,000 New York City nurses have ended their strike after reaching tentative contracts Jan. 12.  

ANA president: New York City nursing strike 'indicative of systemic breakdown'

An ongoing strike by about 7,000 nurses in New York City is indicative of issues that have long plagued hospitals across the U.S. — like staffing levels and employee safety, said Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, PhD, RN, the new president of the American Nurse…

Nursing strike continues in New York City

Members of the New York State Nurses Association entered the third day of a strike Jan. 11 at two New York City hospitals: Mount Sinai Medical Center on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.

New York City strike enters 2nd day

Members of the New York State Nurses Association entered the second day of a strike Jan. 10 at two New York City hospitals: Mount Sinai Medical Center on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.

Nurses strike at 2 New York City hospitals

Members of the New York State Nurses Association went on strike Jan. 9 at two New York City hospitals: Mount Sinai Medical Center on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.