Becker's Hospital Review reported on the following events related to hospital-union relationships — including pickets, contracts and elections — since Nov. 29.
1. Mayo Albert Lea healthcare workers set strike date: 8 things to know
Unionized healthcare workers at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System's Albert Lea campus plan to strike Dec. 19.
2. UPHS-Marquette nurses run ad asking Duke University to support safe patient care
Upper Peninsula Health System-Marquette (Mich.) nurses are taking their issues with the hospital public via an ad aimed at Duke University officials.
3. Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital calls union lawsuit a 'publicity stunt': 8 things to know
Detroit Medical Center's Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital in Commerce Charter Township, Mich., seeks to dismiss a whistle-blower lawsuit filed by union-represented nurses.
4. Maine Coast Memorial Hospital workers vote to unionize
Employees at Ellsworth-based Maine Coast Memorial Hospital voted to join the Maine Nurses Association, which is part of National Nurses United.
5. VA hospital employees picket for greater staffing
Unionized employees of Kerrville (Texas) VA Medical Center rallied outside the facility to advocate for filling staffing vacancies at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
6. Maimonides Hospital workers rally over layoffs
Workers at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., rallied this week in the wake of plans to lay off up to 200 hospital employees, according to Spectrum News NY1.
7. Parkview Community Hospital employees ratify contract agreement
Healthcare workers at Parkview Community Hospital in Riverside, Calif., ratified a contract agreement with management.
8. Baystate Noble nurses ratify labor deal retroactive to April 2016
Nurses at Baystate Noble Hospital in Westfield, Mass., ratified a contract agreement with management.
9. Rideout Medical Center nurses OK labor deal
Nurses at Rideout Regional Medical Center in Marysville, Calif., approved a new contract agreement with management.
10. Steward St. Elizabeth's nurses plan picket
Union-represented nurses at Steward Health Care's St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton, Mass., revealed plans to picket over alleged understaffing.
11. Providence Saint John's Health Center averts union strike with tentative agreement
Providence Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., and the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West reached a tentative contract agreement, according to a Santa Monica Observer report.