Respiratory therapists and technologists at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine's University Hospital and C.S. Mott Children's and Women's Hospital seek to organize with Service Employees International Union Michigan and have requested that the University of Michigan recognize the union.  

Members of the California Nurses Association have reached a tentative agreement with MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae, Calif., averting a planned strike.

Hospitals and health systems have become increasingly reliant on outside labor for delivering clinical care. Staffing agencies and managed service providers, however, rarely offer healthcare leaders the transparency needed to make smart staffing decisions.

As hospitals and health systems face financial challenges and workforce shortages, they are seeing physicians seek representation at the bargaining table.

Members of the California Nurses Association are set to strike March 28 at MarinHealth Medical Center in Greenbrae, Calif. 

Workers across industries are securing large raises at the bargaining table, with about 100 labor deals ratified in 2022 including a double-digit pay increase in their first year, according to an analysis of Bloomberg Law labor data.

Members of UE Local 1004 held a strike March 20 at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia, Calif., according to The Santa Clarita Valley Signal.

Trinity Health Michigan, part of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, is standing by its decision to fire 11 workers, who were in the process of organizing with SEIU Healthcare Michigan, from outpatient labs in Ann Arbor and Canton.

Resident physicians at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., are moving to unionize, citing pandemic burnout.

The staffing crisis has affected nurses nationwide — but recently, multiple complaints have clustered in the Golden State. 

Amid financial instability, employers across the U.S. continue to roll out benefits to retain top talent. In interviews with Fortune, human resources executives at Fortune 500 companies indicated their focus is on one particular area: financial well-being.

Medical residents and fellows at Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham are preparing to organize a housestaff union.

Interview questions are part of the job-seeking process and vary by industry and role. But there is one question that went viral and is dividing the internet, Fortune reported March 16. 

Several nurses are seeking answers after they say they were fired from Brandenton, Fla.-based MCR Health, the Bradenton Herald reported March 14. 

Perry County Hospital in Tell City, Ind., has agreed to pay $60,254 in overtime back wages for 107 nurses who federal officials say were shortchanged by timekeeping issues.

Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East have reached a tentative agreement with Boston-based Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital. 

Members of the California Nurses Association are alleging unsafe overcrowding at San Diego-based UCSD Health's Jacobs Medical Center.

Members of Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West will protest and picket throughout March at 26 Dignity Health facilities in California.

Registered nurses and healthcare professionals who work for Ventura County's health system have taken their concerns about staffing, pay and benefits to the county's board of supervisors, the Ventura County Star reported.

Members of UE Local 1004 are set to strike March 20 at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia, Calif., radio station KHTS reported.