In 2023, when the Supreme Court handed down its ruling striking down affirmative action in university admissions, some industry leaders expressed concern that the decision could hinder efforts to create a more diverse healthcare workforce. 

Patient care associates and psychiatric care technicians at the Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center in Columbus have voted to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. 

Nurses at Montefiore Mount Vernon (N.Y.) and Montefiore New Rochelle (N.Y.) hospitals have approved new three-year labor contracts.

Feeling blue? Your employer might have an AI app for that, The Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 27. 

Nurses represented by National Nurses United are set to begin a two-day strike at Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis. Dec. 27. 

Wisconsin officials did not substantiate complaints made by unionized nurses at UW Health, who moved outside of regular reporting processes to elevate patient safety concerns to the state amid calls for staffing changes.

Seven healthcare workers participating in a strike at Prime Healthcare's St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, Calif., were notified Dec. 20 that they were being fired, according to their union, Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West. 

In 2023, Becker's connected with human resources and people chiefs at hospitals and health systems nationwide to learn more about their strategies — from building a strong culture, to offering flexibility, to mediating disputes — as they navigated a transformative year for talent. 

Resident physicians and fellows have approved their first labor contract with Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care. 

Nurses at Ascension Saint Joseph-Joliet (Ill.), part of St. Louis-based Ascension, have voted down the latest contract proposal from hospital management.

Members of the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West are set to launch a strike Dec. 20 affecting four Prime Healthcare facilities in Southern California.

Nurses represented by United Food and Commercial Workers 3000 have rejected a tentative labor contract reached earlier this month with Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (Wash.).

Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East who work at Boston Medical Center have approved a new four-year labor contract.

At least four Minnesota health systems are ending or limiting weight loss drug coverage for employees in 2024.

Members of the National Nurses Organizing Committee plan to launch a 48-hour strike Dec. 27 at Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis.

Nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., approved a new labor contract Dec. 15, two weeks after reaching a tentative agreement with the hospital following a strike that lasted more than 120 days.

A small group of palliative care physicians who work at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore., have voted to join the Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association, a hospitalists union represented by AFT Healthcare and serviced by the Oregon Nurses Association.

Unionized nurses with HCA Healthcare's Mission Hospital are applauding the North Carolina attorney general's litigation against the hospital operator. 

Physicians and dentists who work for Los Angeles County plan to go on strike Dec. 27, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Members of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals have approved a new labor contract with Prime Healthcare's St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, Calif.