Nurses at University of Wisconsin Health in Madison have voted to strike in September if their union is not recognized.
Category: human resources
The HR agenda: What 3 leaders at top US hospitals are starting, stopping
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced hospital and health system human resources leaders to rethink their approach to staffing shortages and other workforce challenges. This means not only starting something new, but also re-evaluating whether to stop an ap…
3 essential updates to violence prevention plans
Advancing technology calls for updates to workplace violence prevention plans, Daniel Pascale, executive vice president at Margolis Healy and Associates — a professional services firm specializing in security and emergency preparedness — told HR Dive i…
US hospital labor disputes heat up: 9 recent actions
The following events involving hospital-union labor disputes were recently covered by Becker’s:
Nurses at Oregon hospital seek union recognition
Nurses at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital in Lincoln City, Ore., filed authorization cards with the National Labor Relations Board for a union recognition election, according to an Aug. 23 news release from the Oregon Nurses Association.
Kaleida Health workers to vote on giving union strike authority
Members of the Communication Workers of America and 199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East employed by Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health will vote next month on whether to give their bargaining units the authority to call a strike.
HCA’s Mission Hospital must address ‘chronic understaffing,’ nurses say
Members of the National Nurses Organizing Committee plan to hold a rally Aug. 25 at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., to protest what they say is the hospital’s failure to address chronic short staffing that j…
Viewpoint: Rocky economic climate requires ‘new rules of hiring’
Solid training, not high salaries, will retain top talent through resignations and a potential recession, according to an Aug. 22 Forbes article by Andrew McLeod, CEO of Certn, an IT company providing background checks and risk monitoring for employers…
Providence workers to picket over payroll issues
Members of the Staff Nurses Association, National Union Health Care Workers and Petaluma Staff Nurses Partnership said they plan to hold an informational picket Aug. 24 at Providence Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Hospital regarding issues they have expe…
Kaiser mental healthcare worker strike enters 9th day
Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers are set to begin the ninth day of their open-ended strike Aug. 23 at Kaiser Permanente’s mental healthcare facilities in California.
