Category: human resources

Mental health workers from M Health Fairview and Allina Health, both based in Minneapolis, plan to strike May 24 unless they reach a deal on their first contracts, the Minnesota Reformer reported May 16.

Members of the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West ended a five-day strike May 13 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles with no agreement.

Kaiser Permanente mental health professionals in Hawaii plan to strike beginning May 18. 

A judge ruled that an Iowa hospital worker who was fired after repeatedly violating COVID-19 mitigation policies is not entitled to unemployment benefits, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported May 11. 

Citing a desire for the best possible patient care and strong worker protections, physicians in California have been involved in several labor actions this year.

Resident and fellow physicians at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles have voted to unionize with the Committee of Interns and Residents.

Members of the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West are set to begin a weeklong strike May 9 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Resident and fellow physicians at Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care have voted in favor of representation by the Committee of Interns and Residents, according to a May 3 news release.

Nurses at Stanford and Lucile Packard Children’s hospitals in Palo Alto, Calif., have ratified three-year contracts and will go back to work May 3.

Stanford and Lucile Packard Children’s hospitals in Palo Alto, Calif., and the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement reached a tentative agreement on a three-year contract for about 5,000 nurses represented by the union, according to hospita…