Members of SEIU Healthcare Michigan have approved a new labor contract with Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health that includes an average wage increase of 23.4% over the life of the deal, according to a Nov. 4 union news release shared with Becker's.

Workers at Essentia Health-Deer River (Minn.) began a five-day strike Nov. 4.

The United Nurses and Health Care Employees of Hawaii, a chapter of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, began a three-day strike Nov. 4 at Maui Health facilities.

Members of the Illinois Nurses Association have filed a 10-day notice of intent to strike at Chicago-based UI Health, starting Nov. 13. The action would be the second nurse strike at UI Health since August.

Members of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals have approved a three-year labor contract with Warren (Pa.) General Hospital, according to news releases from the hospital and union shared with Becker's.

The union representing registered nurses at HCA Healthcare's Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, Calif., accused management of violating the state's safe staffing law by neglecting to consider patient acuity.

Members of the Illinois Nurses Association, which represents about 1,700 registered nurses at Chicago-based UI Health, have voted to authorize a potential second strike since August.

UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital, part of Pittsburgh-based UPMC, and union nurses have agreed to a new contract, which was recently approved.

A federal court has ordered Trinity Health Grand Haven (Mich.) Hospital, part of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, to recognize SEIU Healthcare Michigan as the bargaining agent of about 200 employees and to, upon request, resume negotiations, according to court records accessed by Becker's.

Registered nurses from McLaren Flint (Mich.) Hospital, represented by AFSCME Local 875, approved a four-year labor contract Oct. 24.

Members of the United Nurses and Health Care Employees of Hawaii are set to begin a strike Nov. 4 at Maui Memorial Medical Center in Wailuku, Maui; Kula Hospital; and Lanai Community Hospital, which are all part of Maui Health.

Members of the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, are holding a one-day strike Oct. 25 at University Medical Center in New Orleans.

Cambridge (Mass.) Health Alliance resident physicians and fellows have approved a new labor contract. 

More than 9,600 nurses at Corewell Health East, part of Corewell Health in southeast Michigan, are eligible to vote in what is believed to be one of the largest union elections in recent history.

Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers began an open-ended strike Oct. 21 at Kaiser Permanente locations in Southern California.

Throughout her career, Elizabeth Veliz, the first chief human resources officer of Ithaca, N.Y.-based Cayuga Health System, has seen a range of strategies to recruit more women or people of color and retain them. She has also gained insights on successful leave policies for mothers.

Members of the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, have approved a new labor contract with Corpus Christi (Texas) Medical Center.

One recent survey of leaders offers insights into the human resources function's current landscape and future trajectory.

Nurses at three HCA Healthcare hospitals — MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas, Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., and Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan., — have approved new labor contracts.

SEIU Healthcare Michigan has agreed to a tentative, three-year labor contract with Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health, averting a planned Oct. 15 strike.