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Labor's high hopes for major gains under President Barack Obama and a Democratic Congress have dimmed, raising fresh doubts about union leverage even in the best of political times.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
With cash scheduled to run out in May, Jackson Health System's chief executive announced Friday a moratorium on layoffs for 45 days to work with union leaders to find ways to get money from Washington and in new efficiencies.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
The number of medical personnel covered by some form of collective bargaining agreement or registered as union members is edging up, according to numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
This is partly because the health care sector now employs many more people than do traditionally unionized industries such as manufacturing. But the trend also marks a backlash against some of the belt-tightening by hospitals in response to the recent economic downturn, experts said. Uncertainty around health system reform is also playing a role.
Monday, February 22, 2010
St. Vincent’s nurses, hospital workers and members of the New York State Nurses Association rallied outside St. Vincent’s Hospital on Jan. 28. They said the hospital needs a government bailout, just like the banks received.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Tufts Medical Center says it has found a way to trim the high cost of nursing while improving care, but the plan prompted a protest yesterday outside the Boston hospital by nurses, who say it is an example of the intense cost-cutting pressure on hospitals statewide.
Friday, February 12, 2010
OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As union contract negotiations between janitors who clean Northern California Safeway supermarkets and Safeway's janitorial services contractors continue into their fifth month, dozens of janitors stopped work on the night of Wednesday, February 10. The janitors were motivated by their frustration with the contractors' unfair intimidation of workers, including illegal threats of termination, and proposals to sharply reduce standards for wages and benefits.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Registered nurses from St. Mary’s Hospital in Reno, seeking protection in their rele as patient advocates and outstrip care since their patients along with major improvements in payment and benefits, will notify on Monday their purpose to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee/California Nurses Association (NNOC/CNA). In doing so, they will unite with 10,000 of their Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) RN colleagues at 25 hospitals in California in the NNOC/CNA. The nurses will gather also in behalf of the announcement at the Sixth St. appearance of St. Mary’s, between West and Arlington.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
REGION, January 28th- Negotiations for a successor labor agreement between the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Professionals (PASNAP) Union and Community Health Systems (CHS) Inc., which is the largest owner of for-profit hospitals in the country, and owns and operates the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital is continuing but the two sides are still far away from reaching a contract.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Thousands of table-game dealers at Foxwoods Resort Casino reached their first labor contract with the Indian tribe that owns the casino on Tuesday, positioning them to become the largest group of union-represented dealers at any U.S. casino.
Foxwoods, owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, is the nation's largest casino.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
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