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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
Members of the Michigan Nurses Association at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo have approved a new three-year contract with hospital administration.
Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association have approved three-year contracts with hospital executives that include pay raises and language to address staffing.