Members of the Committee of Interns and Residents voted to authorize a strike at two Mount Sinai hospitals in New York City on May 22 — the same day more than 150 union physicians began a strike at NYC Health + Hospitals' Elmhurst Hospital. 

More than 150 physicians went on strike May 22 at NYC Health + Hospitals' Elmhurst Hospital Center, a union spokesperson confirmed to Becker's. The planned five-day walkout represents the first physician strike at a New York City hospital since 1990.

More than 100 unionized resident physicians at Oakland, Calif.-based Highland Hospital have reached a tentative contract deal that includes more than 20 percent compensation increases over three years, successfully averting a strike. 

Members of the New York State Nurses Association have voted to authorize a strike at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in New York City.

Members of the New York State Nurses Association have approved a new contract with Potsdam, N.Y.-based St. Lawrence Health.

Members of Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West have reached a contract settlement with management, averting a five-day strike that was scheduled to begin May 22 at five HCA Healthcare facilities in California.

In today's environment, it is crucial that hospitals and health systems focus on the best recruiting strategies for hiring top talent. One recruiting mistake that is often unnoticed by companies, according to Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph: hiring too fast.

Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, violated federal labor law by withdrawing recognition from a Service Employees International Union affiliate on about Aug. 15, 2021, prior to the official certification of the election results, a National Labor Relations Board judge ruled.

With the Minnesota legislative session slated to end May 22, rural hospital CEOs in the state are warning of what they say are consequences for patient care if a staffing bill becomes law, according to the Duluth News Tribune.

A physician assistant at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue has been placed on leave following a confrontation being widely circulated on Twitter. 

Members of the Committee of Interns and Residents are set to begin a five-day strike May 22 at Elmhurst Hospital Center in New York City.

Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East picketed May 16 at RWJBarnabas Health's Clara Maass Hospital in Belleville, N.J., after the suspension of nine nurses. 

Nursing support staff, clerical staff and environmental staff at Mayo Clinic Health System's Mankato, Minn., location filed a petition on May 9 asking the National Labor Relations Board to hold a vote on whether to remove American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees as their bargaining representative. 

Members of the Committee of Interns and Residents at Jamaica and Flushing hospitals in New York City have reached a tentative agreement, averting a planned strike.

Members of Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West have voted to authorize a five-day strike beginning May 22 at five HCA Healthcare facilities in California.

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the healthcare ecosystem – from supply chain disruptions and burgeoning staff caseloads, to declining  reimbursements and revenue cycle challenges. But the biggest impact being felt from the pandemic is acute staffing shortages that have left a significant number of healthcare service providers failing to complete their mission-critical projects.

Allina Health has reached a tentative agreement with SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa bargaining groups, averting a strike.

Nurses at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend, Ore., have been raising alarms on short-staffing and work conditions as contract negotiations wear on. Recently, those protests have escalated to a series of formal complaints and labor charges. 

Members of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 have extended the deadline of a strike at Valley Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas. 

On May 4, members of the California Nurses Association approved a new contract at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward, Calif.