Category: human resources

Healthcare workers at the Mayo Clinic Health System in St. James, Minn., have voted to remove the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 65 as their bargaining representative.

The pursuit of physician unions is likely to continue amid the consolidation of health systems and medical practices, two attorneys and a physician argue in an article published July 28 in the JAMA Network online.

Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 829, who began an open-ended strike July 18 at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City, Calif., could risk losing their benefits if they don’t return to work before Aug. 1.

Members of the Service Employees International Union Local 521 have reached a tentative agreement with Bakersfield, Calif.-based Kern Medical, ending a looming strike threat.

Nurses at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, Minn., voted 213 to 181 July 25 to remove the Minnesota Nurses Association as their bargaining representative, according to the Minnesota Reformer.

Registered nurses at HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital in Port Charlotte plan to protest later this month over what they say is hospital management’s refusal to address concerns about staffing and patient care at the facility, according to a July 21 union n…

Nurses at Portland-based Maine Medical Center are scheduled to vote next month on whether to remove the Maine State Nurses Association as their bargaining representative. 

Meritus Health in Hagerstown, Md., said it aims to tackle the workforce shortage and retain employees through a rebrand of the organization’s human resources department.

Members of the Service Employees International Union Local 521 are postponing a strike at Bakersfield, Calif.-based Kern Medical.

Resident physicians and fellows with the Committee of Interns and Residents have approved their first contract with the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Worcester, according to a July 20 news release.