Category: human resources

21,000 Kaiser nurses approve agreement with 22.5% wage boost

Members of the California Nurses Association at 21 Northern California Kaiser Permanente facilities have approved a new four-year contract.

'Historic' pay raises avert planned nurses strike in Minnesota

Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association have reached tentative three-year contracts with hospital executives, averting a planned strike by 15,000 nurses in the Twin Cities and Twin Ports.

U of California reaches contracts with physicians

Resident physicians and fellows at the University of California Irvine and the University of California San Francisco have reached new contracts that include wage increases and other benefits.

Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana workers consider strike

Members of Service Employees International Union, Local 121RN at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana (Calif.) Medical Center have voted to authorize a strike.

Minnesota strike could mean 'Category 5 storm' for hospitals, group says

A second walkout by nurses in Minnesota could have significant financial effects on hospitals that exceed effects from a strike in September, the Star Tribune reported Dec. 3.

Nurses intensify pushback on sale of 3 HCA hospitals

Members of National Nurses United have spoken out against Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry’s decision to hold a Dec. 8 hearing on New Orleans-based LCMC Health’s plan to acquire three Tulane University hospitals in Baton Rouge, La., rather than N…

850 Tenet hospital workers in California avert potential strike

Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers have approved a new contract with Fountain Valley (Calif.) Regional Hospital and Medical Center, averting a potential strike.

New Jersey hospital nurses to see historic wage increase, salaries starting at $43 per hour

Nurses at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health-owned hospital in Livingston, N.J., have approved a new contract that includes wage increases.  

15,000 Minnesota nurses plan 2nd strike

Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association plan to begin a strike Dec. 11 at 16 hospitals.

Ascension nurses in Michigan consider strike authorization vote

Members of the Michigan Nurses Association at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo said they intend to hold a strike authorization vote unless a tentative agreement for a new contract is reached soon.