Category: human resources

Union urges Seattle Children’s to invest in permanent nurses more than travel workers

Seattle Children’s Hospital is facing pressure from the Washington State Nurses Association to pay its staff nurses more instead of paying travel nurse wages and offering hiring bonuses.  

115 Oregon hospital workers to see double-digit pay increase under new deal

Workers at Lincoln City, Ore.-based Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital, who are members of SEIU Local 49, voted to approve a new contract with pay raises.

More than 200 Mayo Clinic nurses want to vote on leaving union

Nurses at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, Minn., have signed a decertification petition seeking a vote on the removal of the Minnesota Nurses Association as their bargaining representative.

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.