Chicago-based UI Health has rescheduled some elective procedures and taken a number of other steps as the Illinois Nurses Association, the union representing more than 1,700 registered nurses and licensed practical nurses at the system, is on strike.

The negative connotations the phrase "impostor syndrome" carries can make someone experiencing it feel like they are undeserving or do not belong in their role. 

The union representing registered and licensed practical nurses at Chicago-based UI Health is proceeding with its strike after a Cook County judge granted the health system's request to prevent certain critical care nurses, represented by the Illinois Nurses Association, from participating, according to health system and union statements shared with Becker's.

Healthcare workers in three states recently approved new contracts with health systems, and employees in California, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland voted to join unions. The following hospital-union events have been reported by Becker's in July and August.

Members of United Nurses of Children's Hospital, a union affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 1699, have approved a three-year contract with Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego.

Members of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United have approved a new labor contract with Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., part of the Providence system, based in Renton, Wash.

Hospital workers represented by SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa have reached a tentative labor agreement with CHI St. Joseph's Health in Park Rapids, Minn., averting a potential strike.

Service Employees International Union has notified Richland, Wash.-based Kadlec Regional Medical Center of its plan to strike beginning Aug. 20.

The union representing registered nurses and licensed practical nurses at Chicago-based UI Health has filed a 10-day notice of intent to strike with the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board. 

Nearly 4,000 nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston have reached a tentative labor contract after authorizing a one-day strike.

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 is accusing Loretto Hospital in Chicago of violating federal labor law by refusing to furnish information that would highlight what nurses deem is a short-staffing crisis that threatens patient care.

Resident physicians and fellows at Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, Calif., have approved a new labor agreement with hospital management. 

Healthcare systems and their Managed Services Providers (MSPs) stand at a critical juncture. The directive is straightforward—adapt, innovate, and take the lead. This moment presents an opportunity to transform how we manage our workforce. Simply getting by is no longer enough.

More than 1,300 nurses at Chicago-based UI Health, represented by the Illinois Nurses Association, voted overwhelmingly to authorize their union to call a strike. 

Members of National Nurses United at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis have approved a new labor contract. 

Thousands of nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, voted on July 24 and 25 to authorize one-day strikes.

Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health said it will appeal a decision by the National Labor Relations Board after a group of its East Market advanced practice providers voted to be represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association in collective bargaining. 

Two nurses at an Ascension hospital in Michigan have filed unfair labor practice charges against their local union, claiming union leaders threatened to terminate them and others if they did not agree to have dues deducted directly from their paychecks. 

Nurses from Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute voted to approve a new contract featuring wage increases.

Healthcare employees across Sharp Metropolitan Campus in San Diego have voted to join SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West.