Members of Teamsters Union Local 170 have reached a tentative deal with Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., averting a planned Dec. 26 strike.

Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, N.Y., faces a state investigation related to its comprehensive emergency psychiatric program after allegations of a 1:53 nurse-patient ratio spread on social media, according to nurse.org.  

Two Insight Global employees were recently named to the Global Power 150 – Women in Staffing list by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA). Jessica Calzaretta and Jenny Sabo join the list of women recognized for their leadership and for their impact on the staffing industry.

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Members of Service Employees International Union Healthcare Pennsylvania have reached a tentative agreement with UPMC Altoona (Pa.), part of Pittsburgh-based UPMC, the Altoona Mirror reported Dec. 20.

About a year after a monthslong strike, members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., continue to face tension with hospital administration, nurses allege in a Dec. 17 Telegram & Gazette report.

Members of the New York State Nurses Association have begun voting on whether to give their bargaining teams the ability to call a strike.

Members of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West at Stanford Medical Center and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., have reached a tentative agreement that raises wages and increases the minimum wage.

Healthcare workers have participated in labor strikes across the U.S., citing concerns about staffing, patient care, working conditions and employee retention. But there are several situations where such walkouts were averted after contracts were reached with significant pay raises.

Members of the Michigan Nurses Association at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo have approved a new three-year contract with hospital administration.

Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association have approved three-year contracts with hospital executives that include pay raises and language to address staffing.

Members of Teamsters Union Local 170 are set to strike Dec. 26 at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass.  

Members of the California Nurses Association are set to begin a nine-day strike Dec. 24 at Sutter Health's Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, which has campuses in Oakland and Berkeley.

The United States government issued a $1.78 million fine against Worcester, Mass.-based Saint Vincent Hospital after it overcharged Medicare for inpatient services, including cardiac surgeries. Nurses are "outraged" at the hospital's leadership and its owner, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare. 

Members of the Michigan Nurses Association at Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo have reached a tentative agreement with hospital management.

Four employees at Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta no longer work there after discussing patient "icks" in a TikTok video, The Washington Post reported Dec. 12.

Members of Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West are set to begin a five-day strike Dec. 12 at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey (Calif.) Hospital.

Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association at St. Luke's Lake View Hospital in Two Harbors have withdrawn their strike notice amid ongoing negotiations.

Members of the Windham Federation of Professional Nurses have approved a new contract with their employer that resolves a nearly year-long labor dispute.

Healthcare workers have participated in labor strikes across the U.S., citing concerns about staffing, patient care, working conditions and employee retention. But there are several situations where workers averted such walkouts, just days or weeks before they were scheduled to occur.