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Steward accused of illegally firing nurse union organizer

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is alleging that Massachusetts hospital operator Steward Health Care unlawfully fired a nurse in retaliation for organizing with the union, the Massachusetts

Hospital owes back pay for unlawfully cutting hours, judge rules

After cutting back its employees' hours, New Mexico's Mimbres Memorial Hospital, operated by Deming Hospital Corporation, now owes them back pay to compensate for the unlawful reduction in hours, an

NLRB forces ambulance company to rewrite social media policy

Take care when drafting your healthcare organization's social media policy. An overly strict approach to what your employees can or can't post online can get you in trouble, as one ambulance company

NLRB move may force re-thinking of providers' social media policies

A November action by the National Labor Relations Board may force many a healthcare provider to re-think its policies toward social media. As American Medical News reports, the NLRB last month filed

Nurse union files unfair labor practice charge

The Michigan Nurses Association filed an unfair labor practice charge alleging that OSF St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba, Mich., refused to bargain in good faith with its nurses. A major sticking

Minnesota nurses union goes after former members who worked during strike

Three nurses filed a complaint against the Minnesota Nurses Association Wednesday with the National Labor Relations Board, according to the Star Tribune. All three, who work at Children's Hospitals

Hospital strikes loom in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Massachusetts

Nurses and other unionized healthcare workers in at least three states are considering walking off the job if contract negotiations with hospitals don't address their concerns. Those concerns are

Hospital accused of threatening, interrogating nurses

Interrogative tactics and videotaping nurses engaged in union activities are just two of the charges brought against Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo, Mich., by the Michigan Nurses Association

Healthcare unions go head to head

With healthcare staff rolls continuing to expand, the industry is a fat target for unionization. That fact hasn't been lost on the Service Employees International Union, which has been recruiting

TX nurses file charges against Tenet and CA nurse group

A pair of nurses, working with a national right-to-work group, have filed unfair labor practices against Tenet Healthcare and the California Nurses Association with the National Labor Relations