Healthcare workers at Doctors Hospital of Riverside (Calif.) have canceled a 24-hour strike planned for Jan. 13 after the workers and hospital management reached a tentative agreement, according to hospital and union statements shared with Becker’s.
Category: human resources
Union joins calls for California hospitals to reconsider allowing back asymptomatic COVID-positive employees
A union representing 32,000 registered nurses and healthcare professionals is urging hospitals to reconsider allowing its asymptomatic members who test positive for COVID-19 to return to work immediately without isolation or testing.
Pandemic puts extra pressure on healthcare HR teams
During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers have faced challenges such as workplace shortages and burnout. These challenges have not only affected front-line workers but have also stretched hospital human resources professionals, according to an a…
California hospital workers to begin striking Jan. 13
Hundreds of healthcare workers at Doctors Hospital of Riverside (Calif.) are expected to strike Jan. 13, according to the union that represents them.
The strike is over, but tensions could persist as Saint Vincent nurses return to work with nurses hired to replace them
Nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., voted to ratify a new contract Jan. 3, officially ending a 301-day strike. However, there could be some tension as nurses who went on strike return to work and work alongside nurses hired to re…
Kaiser workers plan MLK Day strike
Psychologists, social workers and therapists employed at Kaiser Permanente’s Oakland and Richmond, Calif., clinics plan to strike Jan. 17 after they say the health system backtracked on making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a paid holiday for all healthcar…
Montana hospital accused of underpaying nurses
Union leaders are seeking to remedy what they describe as a wage crisis for nurses at Community Medical Center in Missoula, Mont.
Unions petition OSHA to issue permanent COVID-19 safety standards for healthcare workers
A national coalition of unions is petitioning a federal court to compel the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to adopt permanent COVID-19 protections for healthcare workers and keep a temporary emergency temporary st…
Saint Vincent nurses ratify contract, end longest nurses’ strike in Massachusetts history
Nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., have voted to ratify a new contract, officially ending a 301-day strike, according to union and hospital statements.
Saint Vincent replacement nurses file petition to decertify union
Permanent replacement nurses hired by Worcester, Mass.-based Saint Vincent Hospital during a strike have filed a petition to officially decertify the Massachusetts Nurses Association as the union representing nurses at the hospital, according to the&nb…
