Human Resources

Nurses at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore., have rejected a tentative agreement with hospital management.

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.

Healthcare workers have participated in labor strikes across the U.S., citing concerns about staffing, patient care, working conditions and employee retention. 

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 […]

Members of the California Nurses Association are prepared to begin a one-day strike June 23 at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center.

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 […]

Registered nurses and caregivers at Palomar Health in Escondido and Poway, Calif., have reached tentative contracts with hospital management, according to a June 21 news release […]

Nurses in the Twin Ports area and Hastings plan to hold informational pickets June 21 at hospitals operated by Essentia Health, St. Luke’s and Allina […]

Nurses at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center plan to strike June 23, the union that represents them said June 15.

Registered nurses and caregivers at Palomar Health in Escondido and Poway, Calif., plan to strike on June 23, according to the unions that represent them.

Nurses at AHMC Seton Medical Center in Daly City, Calif., plan to strike June 22-23, according to the union that represents them.

Today’s healthcare industry is faced with a talent shortage. Demand for health-related services is rising at the same time that providers are looking for a […]

 Nurses at AHMC Seton Medical Center in Daly City, Calif., have voted to authorize their bargaining committee to call a strike, according to the union […]

Front-line resident physicians and fellows at three California hospitals have reached a tentative agreement with Los Angeles County.

St. Charles Medical Group physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other healthcare workers have filed for union representation.

Nurses at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore., have reached a tentative agreement with hospital management.

Nurses at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center in Oregon City, Ore., and Providence Milwaukie (Ore.) Hospital have voted nearly unanimously to authorize strikes, according to […]

Fifteen healthcare providers, including physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, from four PeaceHealth clinics filed June 2 with the National Labor Relations Board for a […]

As they bargain for new contracts, more than 15,000 members of the Minnesota Nurses Association at 15 hospitals in the Twin Cities and Duluth are taking […]

Front-line resident physicians and fellows at three Los Angeles County hospitals have voted to authorize their bargaining committee to call a strike, according to the […]

Front-line resident physicians and fellows at three Los Angeles County hospitals have voted to authorize their bargaining committee to call a strike, according to the […]

Resident physicians and fellows at Dignity Health’s St. Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco will protest June 1 amid contract negotiations. 

Members of the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West have ratified an agreement with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

The following hospital-union events were covered by Becker’s in May:

About 7,000 Los Angeles County nurses, who are represented by the Service Employees International Union Local 721, have reached a tentative agreement with the county. 

Nurses have approved a new contract with Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Members of the JNESO District Council 1 IUOE-AFL-CIO labor union began a strike May 23 at Saint Michael’s Medical Center in Newark, N.J.

Nurses at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center in Oregon City, Ore., and Providence Milwaukie (Ore.) are launching simultaneous votes on strike authorization, according to the […]

Washington, D.C.-based Howard University Hospital has reached a new contract with the union representing its nurses, according to ABC affiliate WJLA.

Nurse members of the Minnesota Nurses Association plan to hold an informational picket June 1 at 11 Twin Cities hospitals, the union said in a […]

Kaiser Permanente mental health professionals in Hawaii began a three-day strike May 18.

A nurses union is accusing Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay, Ore., of failing to bargain in good faith by unilaterally implementing wage increases for […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

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

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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

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

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

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, […]

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, […]

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 […]

Sacramento-based Sutter Health said nurses who went on strike April 18 will not be allowed to return to work until the morning of April 23, […]

Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital administrators have notified union leaders that its nurse members who strike later in April risk losing pay […]

Nurses and healthcare workers at Sutter Health facilities in Northern California will strike April 18 to call for safe staffing and health and safety protections, […]

Amid the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, inadequate staffing, workplace violence and moral and mental distress are increasingly challenges for nurses, according to a […]

Thousands of nurses at Stanford and Lucile Packard Children’s hospitals in Palo Alto, Calif., will strike beginning April 25.

Registered nurses and other healthcare workers at 15 Sutter Health hospitals in Northern California intend to strike on April 18 to call for safe staffing and […]

Workers at Washington, D.C.-based Howard University Hospital plan to strike April 11 for 24 hours, according to news station WTTG.

Nurses from Washington, D.C.-based Howard University Hospital and the university’s student medical center have announced plans to strike later this month, reported the DCist April 4.

Nurses from Washington, D.C.-based Howard University Hospital and the university’s student medical center have announced plans to strike later this month, reported the DCist April 4.

A federal judge on March 29 ruled that University of Iowa hospitals owe damages to healthcare workers for delayed overtime pay, according to the Des Moines […]

Nurses at AHMC Seton Medical Center in Daly City, Calif., are beginning a strike March 30, according to the hospital and the California Nurses Association.

Registered nurses at Longmont (Colo.) United Hospital voted to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, according to hospital and union […]

Months after a Kronos data breach affected the payroll system at Amita Health’s flagship medical center, the union representing about 600 nurses at the facility […]

Nurses at AHMC Seton Medical Center in Daly City, Calif., plan to strike March 30 amid their staffing concerns, according to the union that represents them. 

Amid contract negotiations, more than 15,000 members of the Minnesota Nurses Association who work at 15 facilities in the Twin Cities and Duluth areas have […]

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada is delaying the start of its mandatory overtime shifts for nurses, the Las Vegas-based hospital confirmed in a statement shared […]

Registered nurses and healthcare professionals at Fountain Valley (Calif.) Regional Hospital have voted to join the National Union of Healthcare Workers, according to a March 16 […]

Healthcare workers at Dunkirk, N.Y.-based Brooks-TLC Hospital System approved a new contract that includes a 10 percent wage increase, a one-time appreciation bonus and incentives […]

Registered nurses at 15 Sutter Health hospitals in Northern California will protest March 15 over what they say is the health system’s refusal to adequately […]

More than 200 nurses at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital in Kittanning, Pa., began a five-day strike March 13, representing the first strike at the hospital […]

An internal memo used to communicate the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada’s plan to mandate overtime sparked pushback from nurses followed by expressions of remorse […]

Six health systems are forming a human resources alliance to help tackle healthcare’s top workforce challenges. 

Resident physicians at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington seek to form a local chapter with the Committee of Interns and Residents, according to […]

About 300 nurses at University of Southern California Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale have approved a contract agreement with hospital management, according to hospital and […]

Nurses at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital in Kittanning, Pa., have submitted a strike notice to hospital management.

After previously denying end-of-year bonuses to unionized registered nurses at two Bassett Healthcare Network facilities in New York, Bassett will provide a one-time gratitude bonus […]

Nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., voted to keep their union and representation by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, according to Feb. 28 hospital […]

Ascension Living at Our Lady of Peace workers in Lewiston, N.Y., have issued a 10-day strike notice to their employer. 

As employers prepare for workers to return to offices amid loosened COVID-19 restrictions, they can expect an array of feelings from workers, including excitement, anxiety […]

Front-line physicians at Stanford (Calif.) Health Care are demanding that the health system voluntarily recognize the Committee of Interns and Residents as their exclusive representative […]

In 2021, there were 265 work stoppages in the U.S. involving about 140,000 workers, and healthcare and social assistance workers comprised more than half of […]

In the wake of a 10-month strike, nurses at Worcester, Mass.-based Saint Vincent Hospital are voting on whether to decertify the Massachusetts Nurses Association at […]

Burlington, Vt.-based UVM Medical Center and the Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals have reached an agreement that includes wage increases and a $5,000 […]

The following hospital-union agreements have been reported by Becker’s since Jan. 25: 

What are you expecting from your staffing partners? I’d argue not enough.

The National Labor Relations Board has notified White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital that a group of technical employees have filed a petition to decertify from the […]

Washington (Pa.) Hospital has avoided a strike with a new contract approved by workers, according to a Feb. 10 union statement.  

Amid a rise in healthcare worker injuries and illnesses, the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is urging facilities and providers in the industry […]

The National Labor Relations Board is accusing Neptune, N.J.-based Jersey Shore University Medical Center of violating federal law during a union’s organizing campaign.

California lawmakers on Feb. 7 approved legislation that would require large employers in the state to offer workers up to two weeks of COVID-19 supplemental […]

Nurses who worked at hospitals owned or operated by Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth are accusing the health system of retaliating against them when they raised concerns […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Workers in California’s Santa Cruz County, including healthcare workers, plan to strike Jan. 25.

Rhode Island held its first public access meeting Jan. 20 about the Lifespan and Care New England merger, where several union employees from the Providence-based […]

More than 670 Minnesota Nurses Association members at six Mayo Clinic Health System facilities are demanding wage fairness and retention bonuses to address staffing issues […]

Front-line workers at La Crosse, Wis.-based Gundersen Health System and community supporters held a rally and launched a mobile billboard Jan. 17, calling on executives […]

Below are six hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking chief human resources officers in the last month.

Registered nurse members of National Nurses United held actions across the U.S. Jan. 13 advocating for better staffing and protections for workers. 

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Hundreds of healthcare workers at Doctors Hospital of Riverside (Calif.) are expected to strike Jan. 13, according to the union that represents 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 […]

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 […]

Union leaders are seeking to remedy what they describe as a wage crisis for nurses at Community Medical Center in Missoula, Mont.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Below are six hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking chief human resources officers in the last month.

Nurses at Worcester, Mass.-based Saint Vincent Hospital have agreed to stop picketing until the Jan. 3 vote on a labor deal, according to the union that […]

The following hospital-union agreements have been reported by Becker’s since June 30:

The following hospital-union agreements have been reported by Becker’s since June 30:

The following hospital union agreements have been reported on by Becker’s since June 30, 2021:

The following hospital-union agreements have been reported since Nov. 1: