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

Registered nurses at Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley in Pleasanton, Calif., part of Stanford Health Care, have approved a new labor contract. 

Staff from Rio Rancho-based University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center-A Campus of UNM Hospital ratified a union contract Oct. 13, addressing staffing ratios and wages.

Union nurses of Health Professionals and Allied Employees Local 5089 have approved a new contract with University Hospital in Newark, N.J.  

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

McLaren Flint (Mich.) Hospital, part of Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care, said it is suing multiple unions for alleged illegal tactics during contract negotiations.

Members of AFSCME Local 875 are set to walk off the job Oct. 20 at McLaren Flint (Mich.), ABC affiliate WJRT reported.  

Union nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., have approved a new labor contract with Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, which owns the hospital. 

Technology has emerged as a cornerstone in healthcare workforce management, transforming it from a mere tool to a pillar of progress. Adopting best practices in workforce technology solutions is essential for redefining efficiency, elevating quality, and expanding control and flexibility within health systems.

As we talk to health care leaders around the US and around the world about the challenges they face, we hear common and familiar themes. They worry about clinical outcomes and how to deliver optimal care. They also worry about financial outcomes and sustainability. But the one theme that comes up over and over again is workforce challenges. In fact, one leader described their top three challenges as, “workforce, workforce, workforce.”

Members of SEIU Healthcare Michigan are set to hold a one-day strike Oct. 15 at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine.

Honolulu-based Hawaii Pacific Health's Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children has reached a three-year contract agreement with nurses represented by the Hawaii Nurses Association. The nurses will return to work Oct. 6, putting an end to a lockout imposed by the medical center on Sept. 13.

In November, Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions-represented employees approved a new four-year national labor contract following a strike involving tens of thousands of workers in multiple states. Employees also approved their local collective bargaining deals.

Nurses at Corewell Health East, which is part of Corewell Health in Southeast Michigan, filed paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board on Sept. 27 to unionize as Nurses for Nurses, a committee of the Michigan Teamsters Joint Council No. 43.

Resident physicians and fellows at Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine, which comprises the University of Pennsylvania Health System and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have reached a tentative agreement on their first contract. 

Healthcare workers from Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, who are represented by SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, will hold informational pickets Sept. 24-26 at four Dignity Health hospitals across California to protest what they say is the outsourcing of jobs and short-staffing.

While labor costs in healthcare have decreased over the past 18 months, continuing this trend should remain a top priority for healthcare leaders.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association has tentatively agreed to a three-year contract with Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Boston, averting a planned one-day strike.

Honolulu-based Hawaii Pacific Health's Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children has imposed a lockout of nurses represented by the Hawaii Nurses Association after the group's one-day strike Sept. 13, the Honolulu Star Advertiser reported.

Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. workers have witnessed or have firsthand knowledge of colleagues expressing unethical behavior, according to a Sept. 4 Gallup article.