The Registered Nurses Professional Association, which represents more than 3,750 nurses in Santa Clara County's health system in California, began a three-day strike April 2, citing concerns over working conditions and safety issues.

More than 1,000 resident physicians and fellows at the University of Chicago Medical Center are making efforts to join the Committee of Interns and Residents, a local of the Service Employees International Union.

Members of SEIU Healthcare 1199NW have called off a seven-day strike that was set to begin April 7 at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, Wash., and MultiCare Valley Hospital in Spokane Valley, Wash., according to hospital and union statements shared with Becker's.

Members of the New York State Nurses Association have called off a planned April 2 strike at New York City-based Staten Island University Hospital after reaching a tentative agreement with management on a new labor contract.

Members of SEIU Healthcare 1199NW are set to begin a seven-day strike April 7 at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, Wash., and MultiCare Valley Hospital in Spokane Valley, Wash., NBC affiliate KHQ reported. 

More than 2,300 healthcare workers at Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health, the clinical operation of Michigan Medicine, have joined the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Michigan.

The Registered Nurses Professional Association, which represents more than 3,750 nurses in Santa Clara County's health system in California, is set to begin a three-day strike April 2. 

Mayo Clinic is shedding light on its hiring practices after a right-wing social media account posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, accusing the Rochester, Minn.-based health system of discrimination, according to bringmethenews.com. 

Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers are set to begin a two-day strike March 25 at Seton Medical Center in Daly City, Calif., part of Alhambra, Calif.-based AHMC Healthcare.

Members of the New York State Nurses Association are set to strike April 2 at Staten Island University Hospital in New York City.

Members of JNESO District Council 1 have approved a new labor contract with Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health. 

Violence in the ED is on the rise. The urgency to create safer healthcare environments, particularly in emergency departments (EDs), is now more critical than ever.

Members of the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, have approved a new labor contract with UChicago Medicine after the parties reached a tentative deal earlier this month to avert a strike.

Physicians at Salem (Mass.) Hospital, a Mass General Brigham facility, have voted to form a union with Council 93 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

Members of the New York State Nurses Association have voted to authorize a strike at Northwell Health's Staten Island University Hospital in New York City.

Several lawmakers in Pennsylvania have expressed concerns related to contract negotiations on behalf of healthcare workers at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton, Pa., part of Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger.

The following hospital-union events, including strikes, unionization votes and contract approvals, have been reported by Becker's in February and March.

Worcester, Mass.-based Saint Vincent Hospital has been cleared by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health after nurses filed more than 600 staffing and safety reports with state and federal agencies. 

Members of the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, have called off a planned March 14 strike at UChicago Medicine after reaching a tentative agreement with management on a new labor contract.

Hundreds of front-line healthcare workers across multiple job classifications at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton, Pa., have voted to authorize their bargaining committees to call one-day strikes.