Despite a warning that they were unwelcome today, Moses Taylor Hospital nurses showed up to clock in for their 7 a.m. shift, the time their strike officially ended. Security stopped most of them before they made it through the door.
While "cordial," the first bargaining session in two months ended without a breakthrough for Berkshire Medical Center and its registered nurses. The two sides now plan to resume work on a contract in late May, after nurses hold at least one rally.
Illinois hospitals cannot train enough nurses to meet requirements of a new amendment to proposed state legislation seeking to improve treatment for sexual assault patients, a group that represents hospitals said Wednesday.
Registered nurses at First Hospital in Kingston and Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton will hold a one-day strike Wednesday, union officials confirmed. Hospital leaders, meanwhile, insist that they will maintain staffing and provide uninterrupted care during the labor action.
Roughly 19,000 nurses and nurse practitioners from around Northern and Central California ratified a new five-year contract with Kaiser Permanente that includes wage increases of 2-3 percent annually, their union announced Monday. About 4,500 of these nurses work in the Sacramento region.
A health care center in western Michigan is accused of agreeing to requests by patients for white-only caregivers. Six black certified nursing assistants filed a lawsuit April 11 against Providence Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, where they all work or formerly worked.