Registered nurses at the University of California San Francisco will rally outside the hospital on Feb. 28 to protest "crisis conditions," which they allege are caused by unsafe staffing ratios. 

Members of the New York State Nurses Association have reached a tentative agreement with South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y., averting a strike.

Members of the Michigan Nurses Association have approved contracts with McLaren Central Hospital in Mt. Pleasant and MyMichigan Medical Center Alma. 

Attorneys working with members of the Illinois Nurses Association have filed a class action lawsuit in federal court alleging wage theft by St. Louis-based Ascension.

Resident physicians at New York City-based Montefiore Medical Center have voted to join the Committee of Interns and Residents, a local of the Service Employees International Union. 

Resident physicians and fellows at the University at Buffalo, who work at hospitals across Western New York, have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board for a union representation election, The Buffalo News reported Feb. 22. 

As artificial intelligence expands its footprint in the workplace, it might remove the "human" from some human resources decisions. 

Amid contract negotiations, resident physicians and fellows held a rally Feb. 21 outside Elmhurst hospital in New York City to raise awareness about their concerns regarding pay and benefits parity. 

United Public Workers members are set to strike Feb. 22 at three Maui Health hospitals in Hawaii.  

Portland-based Maine Medical Center has restored paid leave benefits to members of the Maine State Nurses Association after both sides reached an agreement on the issue, the Portland Press Herald reported Feb. 17. 

Resident physicians and fellows at Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania Health System are asking the health system to voluntarily recognize their union, the Committee of Interns and Residents.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has reached a tentative agreement with members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers to end a mental health strike in Hawaii, which was ongoing for about six months, according to union and system statements shared with Becker's.

The University of California has reached agreements with the Committee of Interns and Residents on behalf of physicians at its health system, according to union and system statements shared with Becker's.

Hospitals and health systems have faced heightened union activity during the pandemic, most of which has involved nurses and other healthcare professionals. Physicians have also been involved in union-related activities, including efforts toward representation at the bargaining table.

Residents and fellow physicians at Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health filed to form a union to demand that administrators do more to improve patient care and better support physicians working at the system's six hospitals.

Physicians at Minneapolis-based Allina Health's Mercy Hospital have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board for a union representation election. 

Nearly 800 resident physicians and fellows at the University of Illinois, Chicago, have reached their first tentative agreement with hospital administrators, according to a union news release shared with Becker's.

Nurses from Ascension Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita, Kan., plan to rally Feb. 15 as they begin negotiations on their first contract.

Members of the New York State Nurses Association are set to strike Feb. 27 at South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y.

Nurses at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., are looking to organize a union represented by the District of Columbia Nurses Association.