The Valley Physicians Group, which represents Santa Clara (Calif.) County’s employed physicians, podiatrists and dentists, has reached a tentative agreement with the county to avert a four-day strike.
Category: human resources
Nurses urge AG to intervene in sale of Louisiana hospitals
Members of the National Nurses United are asking Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry to intervene in New Orleans-based LCMC Health’s plans to acquire three Tulane University hospitals from Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.
California physicians set strike dates
Members of Valley Physicians Group plan to begin a four-day strike on Nov. 1 in Santa Clara (Calif.) County.
‘Won’t let them use our hospitals as piggy banks’: Union puts Prospect Medical Holdings ‘on notice’
The union representing workers at Rhode Island community hospitals are putting the owner “on notice” about concerns over a possible sale, The Providence Journal reported Oct. 27.
Nurses to petition Tenet hospital CEO over elimination of IV therapy team
Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association plan to deliver a petition to the CEO of Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., urging the hospital to rescind the decision to eliminate the intravenous therapy team.
Strike begins at Sutter Health hospital
Members of the California Nurses Association began a five-day strike Oct. 24 at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center campuses in Oakland and Berkeley, news station KRON reported.
Nurses escorted out of Ascension hospital after raising staffing concerns
Several nurses were escorted out of Ascension Saint Joseph-Joliet (Ill.) on Oct. 21 after calling attention to a nursing shortage in the emergency department, according to an Oct. 22 union news release shared with Becker’s.
Tenet hospital workers authorize strike in California
Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers have authorized a strike at Fountain Valley (Calif.) Regional Hospital and Medical Center.
Kaleida Health to add 500 jobs
Members of two unions have approved a contract with Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health that adds 500 jobs.
Kaiser mental health workers approve contract after 10-week strike
Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers have approved a four-year contract with Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente.
