Nurses at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center in Oregon City, Ore., and Providence Milwaukie (Ore.) Hospital have voted nearly unanimously to authorize strikes, according to the union that represents them.

Fifteen healthcare providers, including physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, from four PeaceHealth clinics filed June 2 with the National Labor Relations Board for a union recognition election, according to a news release from the Oregon Nurses Association.

As they bargain for new contracts, more than 15,000 members of the Minnesota Nurses Association at 15 hospitals in the Twin Cities and Duluth are taking aim at hospital executive pay.

Front-line resident physicians and fellows at three Los Angeles County hospitals have voted to authorize their bargaining committee to call a strike, according to the union that represents them.

Resident physicians and fellows at Dignity Health's St. Mary's Medical Center in San Francisco will protest June 1 amid contract negotiations. 

Members of the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West have ratified an agreement with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

The following hospital-union events were covered by Becker's in May:

About 7,000 Los Angeles County nurses, who are represented by the Service Employees International Union Local 721, have reached a tentative agreement with the county. 

Nurses have approved a new contract with Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Tell me if this feels familiar. In a landmark report, the Institute of Medicine released its Future of Nursing analysis replete with the latest trends and recommendations to keep the field of nursing moving forward. Among other insights, the report calls for a substantial increase in undergraduate and doctoral nurses to stave off a forecasted shortage of 260,000 registered nurses. Such a shortage would be twice as large as any since the 1960s.

Members of the JNESO District Council 1 IUOE-AFL-CIO labor union began a strike May 23 at Saint Michael's Medical Center in Newark, N.J.

Nurses at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center in Oregon City, Ore., and Providence Milwaukie (Ore.) are launching simultaneous votes on strike authorization, according to the union that represents them.

Washington, D.C.-based Howard University Hospital has reached a new contract with the union representing its nurses, according to ABC affiliate WJLA.

During this time of critical staffing shortages, nurses still spend almost an hour each shift searching for equipment. This adds costs and takes nurses away from patient care. An effective medical device management program presents an often-overlooked opportunity to improve clinical staff satisfaction, reduce expenses and support quality care.

Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association plan to hold an informational picket June 1 at 11 Twin Cities hospitals, the union said in a May 19 news release.  

Kaiser Permanente mental health professionals in Hawaii began a three-day strike May 18.

A nurses union is accusing Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay, Ore., of failing to bargain in good faith by unilaterally implementing wage increases for nurses amid bargaining and after union members had twice rejected contract proposals, according to The Lund Report.

Mental health workers from M Health Fairview and Allina Health, both based in Minneapolis, plan to strike May 24 unless they reach a deal on their first contracts, the Minnesota Reformer reported May 16.

Members of the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West ended a five-day strike May 13 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles with no agreement.

Kaiser Permanente mental health professionals in Hawaii plan to strike beginning May 18.