As Iowa's nursing homes and hospitals struggle with chronic staffing shortages, lawmakers have advanced a bill that would put additional regulations and oversight on healthcare agencies that supply temporary medical staff.
Interns, residents, chief residents and fellows at the McGaw Medical Center voted 794 to 148 in favor of union representation, an NLRB spokesperson said.
Families with workplace health insurance may have missed out on $125,000 in earnings over the past three decades as a result of rising premiums eating into their pay.
In a statement the parent company of Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston said it is "reorganizing management and administrative positions so that the health system may better support the needs of our communities and continued growth."