Nurses and licensed professionals at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, Calif., voted Nov. 7 to ratify a new labor contract that includes wage increases.

Nurses at Corewell Health East, part of Corewell Health in southeast Michigan, have voted to join Nurses for Nurses, a committee of Michigan Teamsters Joint Council No. 43. 

The Committee of Interns and Residents, an SEIU local representing 6,400 interns, residents and fellows across the University of California system, has filed a petition to create the largest single physician bargaining unit in the U.S.

The Labor Department has recovered $14,082 in back wages from Little Rock-based Methodist Family Health after determining the behavioral health system illegally terminated a worker on family medical leave.

Nurses at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, Calif., have reached a tentative agreement aimed at improving retention and recruitment, canceling a strike planned for Nov. 19.

The Illinois Nurses Association, representing about 1,700 registered nurses at Chicago-based UI Health, launched a strike on Nov. 13 — the second nurse strike at the health system since August.

A memorandum of understanding has been reached for healthcare workers at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine, canceling a strike planned for Nov. 12.

Nurses at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, Calif., plan to strike on Nov. 19.

Regional One Health dismissed an employee after "offensive content" was shared on their personal social media account, the Memphis, Tenn.-based health system confirmed in a statement shared with Becker's.

AFSCME Local 3299, a union representing University of California service and patient care workers, has scheduled a systemwide strike for Nov. 20 and 21.  

Members of the University Professional and Technical Employees at the University of California San Francisco are set to strike Nov. 20 and 21. 

Kadlec Regional Medical Center will raise wages for 1,100 workers as part of a newly approved labor contract, according to an SEIU Healthcare 1199 news release shared with Becker's.

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Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center hospital's unionized nurses and management are facing off in an internal staffing committee election, according to the Times Union.

A California hospital is delaying plans to close its obstetrics department through at least Jan. 31, following pressure from the California Nurses Association and the state's health department. 

Members of SEIU Healthcare Michigan have approved a new labor contract with Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health that includes an average wage increase of 23.4% over the life of the deal, according to a Nov. 4 union news release shared with Becker's.

Workers at Essentia Health-Deer River (Minn.) began a five-day strike Nov. 4.

The United Nurses and Health Care Employees of Hawaii, a chapter of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, began a three-day strike Nov. 4 at Maui Health facilities.

Members of the Illinois Nurses Association have filed a 10-day notice of intent to strike at Chicago-based UI Health, starting Nov. 13. The action would be the second nurse strike at UI Health since August.

Members of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals have approved a three-year labor contract with Warren (Pa.) General Hospital, according to news releases from the hospital and union shared with Becker's.