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NewsMassachusetts hospitals bracing for nurses strike
Hospital administrators in Massachusetts suspect the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) is planning to strike on Apr. 22, the start of Easter weekend. Unresolved staffing, pay and pension issues Read more...
Nearly 1,600 nurses begin 24-hour strike in D.C.
Roughly 1,600 nurses at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., are holding a one-day strike today, in response to a year of periodic contract negotiations, reports the Washington Post. Read more...
Nearly 870 hospital workers poised to strike in West Virginia
Despite plans for 868 union employees to strike at West Virginia University Hospitals beginning Dec. 31, hospital president Bruce McClymonds maintains that the quality of care provided will not slip, Read more...
Nurses agree on contract terms with Stanford
Nurses at Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital reached a tentative contract for new collective bargaining agreements with hospital officials, the California hospital Read more...
Union workers, HCA hospitals reach tentative agreement
Union members will vote on a tentative agreement reached with five HCA hospitals, ending yearlong negotiations, the SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West (SEIU-UHW) announced earlier this week. The Read more...
Nurses go on one-day strike after two-day lockout
Hundreds of nurses at the Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor went on strike for increased staff following a two-day lockout imposed by hospital administrators, reports the Associated Press. After Read more...
Hospital strikes loom in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Massachusetts
Nurses and other unionized healthcare workers in at least three states are considering walking off the job if contract negotiations with hospitals don't address their concerns. Those concerns are Read more...
Hospital accused of threatening, interrogating nurses
Interrogative tactics and videotaping nurses engaged in union activities are just two of the charges brought against Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo, Mich., by the Michigan Nurses Association Read more...
MGMA plans 50-state payer rating survey
The Medical Group Management Association has set plans to conduct a 50-state survey of health professionals asking them to rate various aspects of their relationship with payers. The survey, which Read more...
| Press ReleasesWorkers Launch Contract Negotiations at Daughters of Charity with Focus on Improving Health for All CaliforniansNearly 3,000 SEIU-UHW Members Ask Hospital Chain to Join with them in Preparing California for the Future of Healthcare SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Healthcare workers at six hospitals in Read more >> 500 More Kaiser Professionals Unite for Good Jobs, Quality Services Across California in SEIU-UHWLOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A group of 500 information technology professionals at Kaiser facilities across California overwhelmingly said “yes” to join Service Employees International Union, Read more >> Northern California Hospitals Select MD Ranger Physician Contracting BenchmarksSubscriber Database Helps Establish Fair Market Valuation BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MD Ranger, Inc., a leading provider of compensation benchmarks for physician service contracts, today Read more >> MD Ranger Inc. Physician Contract Benchmarks Report Shows Anesthesia Highest Paid Hospital-based Physician Service and SteNew Hospital-Based Physician Services Report Provides Exclusive Benchmarks and Contract Terms BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MD Ranger, Inc. has issued its second annual Physician Contract Read more >> Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Declare Nursing Contract Impasse With CRONAHospitals to Implement 4% Wage Increase; Many of the Contract Benefits Proposed STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital announced Read more >> |
