Registered nurses at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center and Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre have approved a three-year contract with Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health.
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Thousands of Stanford Health Care nurses launch campaign for new contracts
Thousands of registered nurses at Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital have launched a campaign for new union contracts, as their current agreements are set to expire March 31, according to an independent …
NewYork-Presbyterian-Hudson Valley Hospital nurses approve 1st labor deal
Nurses at Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.-based NewYork-Presbyterian-Hudson Valley Hospital voted overwhelmingly Feb. 1 to approve a first union contract at the hospital, according to the union that represents them.
Lee Health will pay nursing school candidates to become CNAs
To boost the nursing pipeline, Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health is offering a certified nursing assistant training program that recently expanded to community members, Jennifer Thayer, the health system’s manager of workforce planning and development,…
California hospital allows quarantine flexibility for COVID-positive employees returning to work
After union pushback, St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, Calif., will allow greater quarantine flexibility for healthcare workers who test positive for COVID-19 while asymptomatic.
Nurses from Philippines expected at Henry Ford as early as summer
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System said Jan. 19 that its strategy of recruiting nurses from the Philippines is making headway, with the first nursing cohort expected to arrive as early as this summer.
Catholic Health’s Kenmore Mercy service, plant workers agree to new contracts
Kenmore (N.Y.) Mercy Hospital — part of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health — and United Food & Commercial Workers Union District Local One have agreed to new contracts for service and plant operations associates at the hospital, according to a news re…
Countywide strike involving California healthcare workers averted
California’s Santa Cruz County and more than 1,600 front-line workers, including healthcare workers, reached a tentative agreement Jan. 24, averting a planned strike, according to a union news release.
Healthcare strikes could be more likely as labor deals expire across US
The potential for strikes at healthcare facilities is elevated as union contracts are set to expire in 2022 and employees prepare to enter a third year on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Bloomberg Law.
California healthcare workers to join countywide strike Jan. 25
Workers in California’s Santa Cruz County, including healthcare workers, plan to strike Jan. 25.
