Category: human resources

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center workers to strike

Hundreds of workers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles plan to strike May 9, according to the union that represents them.  

Some workers organize while others go on strike: Recent hospital-union actions

The following hospital-union events have been reported in the last two weeks:

Saint Vincent nurses say hospital is imposing 12-hour shifts, violating strike-ending agreement

The union representing nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., is accusing the hospital of violating the agreement to end a monthslong strike by pursuing a plan to unilaterally impose 12-hour shifts on its members.

Women & Infants workers say vacation time guaranteed under contract is inaccessible

Front-line workers at Providence, R.I.-based Women & Infants Hospital protested April 26 over what they described as inaccessible vacation time, according to The Providence Journal.

Stanford nurses continue strike amid bargaining

As a strike continues, the union representing about 5,000 nurses at Stanford and Lucile Packard Children’s hospitals in Palo Alto, Calif., is slated to continue negotiations with hospital management on April 27, according to Stanford’s latest negotiati…

Nurses, clinicians at Mass General Brigham psychiatric hospital vote to unionize

Nurses, mental health specialists and other healthcare professionals at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., voted to join the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 93.

Nurses at 9 Tenet hospitals in California to raise awareness over staffing, turnover

Registered nurses will hold actions April 27 at nine Tenet hospitals in California, according to the union that represents them. 

Stanford nurses to strike

About 5,000 nurses at Stanford and Lucile Packard Children’s hospitals in Palo Alto, Calif., who are members of the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement, will go on strike April 25, according to the union.

UH Geneva Medical Center nurses say hospital broke promise for bonus

UH Geneva (Ohio) Medical Center, part of Cleveland-based University Hospitals, has reneged on a promise that nurses would receive a COVID-19 appreciation bonus in April, according to the union that represents them.

Nurses at HCA hospital in North Carolina rally for safe patient staffing

Registered nurses at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., held a speak-out April 21 over concerns about staffing and patient care, according to ABC affiliate WLOS.