Service Employees International Union (SEIU) news from FierceHealthcare
NewsHospital sues union over 'robo-call' harassment
King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky., filed a federal lawsuit against a workers union for allegedly using a robo-call system to harass KDMC CEO Fred Jackson and other employees, the Daily Read more...
Unions skeptical of hospital layoffs amid profitability
The plan of El Camino Hospital in Los Gatos and Mountain View, Calif., to lay off 140 employees to save money has sparked some controversy among labor groups, reports the Wall Street Journal. Read more...
Kaiser vote pits union against union
In the biggest private-sector union vote since 1941, some 43,000 Kaiser Permanente employees began voting yesterday to determine which of two unions would represent them, the Los Angeles Times Read more...
Nursing unions gain ground
Nursing unions aren't a new force in the healthcare business by any means. But during the past year, as we see it, nursing unions have built up a lot of momentum, and we expect to see more next year. Read more...
Healthcare union fight highlights national labor battle
Normally, a union battle at a single hospital wouldn't attract much national attention. But this particular battle, which pits workers at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital between an emerging union and Read more...
Harvard doctors agree to drop late-night ED surcharge
Under pressure from a health workers' union, a Boston-area group of Harvard physicians has agreed to drop a $30 surcharge it was tacking onto bills for emergency care provided between 10 p.m. and 8 Read more...
PA bans mandatory nurse overtime
Until recently, nurses in Pennsylvania could be required to work "mandatory overtime," a practice that added additional hours to long shifts and--nurses argued--endangered patient care by forcing Read more...
Healthcare unions go head to head
With healthcare staff rolls continuing to expand, the industry is a fat target for unionization. That fact hasn't been lost on the Service Employees International Union, which has been recruiting Read more...
Nursing unions on the verge of revolution
The other day, I was talking with a hospital executive, whom I warned that nurse unionization was developing a level of momentum I hadn't seen before in my 20 years in the business. His response was Read more...
Nurses lobby for single-payer system, new workplace regs
A group of the country's biggest nursing unions have convened in Washington to lobby for a single-payer health system and fight for federal workplace regulations. The move represents not only Read more...
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