Category: human resources

Listen, empathize and respond: 4 HR leaders on handling unhappy employees

During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital and health system employees have increasingly voiced their concerns about staffing, patient care, working conditions and employee retention. A number of workers have also left their full-time hospital jo…

Strike back on table as Providence Oregon hospital nurses reject tentative deal

Nurses at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore., have rejected a tentative agreement with hospital management.

31-day strike at New Jersey hospital ends

Members of the JNESO District Council 1 IUOE-AFL-CIO labor union have ended a 31-day strike at Saint Michael’s Medical Center in Newark, N.J.

US healthcare workers walk off the job: 10 strikes in 2022

Healthcare workers have participated in labor strikes across the U.S., citing concerns about staffing, patient care, working conditions and employee retention. 

AHMC Seton Medical Center nurses launch 2nd strike of 2022

Members of the California Nurses Association began a two-day strike June 22 at AHMC Seton Medical Center in Daly City, Calif., according to the San Francisco Chronicle. 

Strike set to begin at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center

Members of the California Nurses Association are prepared to begin a one-day strike June 23 at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center.

Shasta Regional nurses to strike

Hundreds of nurses at Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding, Calif., plan to strike June 23, according to a June 22 news release from the union that represents them. 

Palomar Health averts strike

Registered nurses and caregivers at Palomar Health in Escondido and Poway, Calif., have reached tentative contracts with hospital management, according to a June 21 news release from the unions that represent them.

More Minnesota nurses take aim at executive pay

Nurses in the Twin Ports area and Hastings plan to hold informational pickets June 21 at hospitals operated by Essentia Health, St. Luke’s and Allina Health to call for contracts that will prioritize patients, according to the Minnesota Nurses Associat…

Kaiser Permanente LA nurses call 1-day strike

Nurses at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center plan to strike June 23, the union that represents them said June 15.