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Nurses at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine, voted 204-21 in favor of joining the Maine State Nurses Association on September 24, according to WGME. The 91% approval margin came after hospital management fired 15 nurses and suspended five others in the weeks leading up to the election.
Attending physicians at the University of California health system launched a union organizing campaign on July 31 that organizers describe as the largest effort among attending doctors in the United States, according to an announcement reported by The Daily Californian.
Nearly 69 percent of direct care nurses in Ohio experienced workplace violence, including verbal abuse, threats, or physical assault, in the past 12 months, according to the Registered Nurses Association of Ohio's 2026 Workplace Safety Report released today.
Brigham and Women's Hospital told approximately 4,000 striking nurses they cannot return to work until Monday morning, extending what was planned as a one-day strike to a five-day lockout, according to NBC Boston. The nurses walked off the job Tuesday and planned to end their strike at 6:59 a.m.
More than 4,000 nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital will walk off the job on July 8 in what the Massachusetts Nurses Association calls the largest health care worker strike in state history, according to NBC Boston. The strike follows months of stalled contract negotiations over cost-of-living in
Registered nurses at UMass Memorial Medical Center's University Campus voted 99 percent in favor of authorizing a 14-day strike on July 1, escalating a contract dispute over staffing ratios, workplace safety, and retention issues at Massachusetts' only academic Level 1 Trauma Center, according to th
Nurses at UnityPoint Health in Des Moines, Iowa, met with state and federal lawmakers this week to discuss delayed union certification nearly one year after voting to join Teamsters Local 90, according to a statement from the union. The employer has filed objections that have prevented the National
The University of California and AFSCME Local 3299 reached a tentative labor agreement late on May 13, preventing a planned strike by more than 40,000 healthcare and service workers hours before a May 14 walkout deadline, according to Bloomberg Law. The deal secures minimum wage increases to $30.10
Ireland's Health Service Executive recorded eight serious injuries among healthcare workers following violent incidents during a two-year period when staff reported more than 12,500 workplace attacks, according to figures released by the Irish Independent. The data emerged as staff at Dublin's Mater
The World Health Organization launched comprehensive framework guidelines to combat workplace violence in healthcare settings while the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration continues enforcement actions despite pushing back federal rulemaking to an undetermined timeline, according to r
