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Holy Family Hospital’s Allied Health Professionals Consider Union
June 12, 2025 // Markman said the hospital’s human resources department sent a flier to those eligible to vote seeking to undermine the unionizing campaign. The flier, “Collective Bargaining Union Promises vs. the Facts,” says that unions make promises they have no power to enforce. “Under a union contract, you could end of with the same, more or less than you have now,” it reads. Markman said the nurses union is evaluating whether the flier rises to the level of an unfair labor practice. In the meantime, the union countered with its own flier.
Kaiser Permanente union workers poised to strike after contract expires
October 2, 2023 // More than 75,000 workers at the largest nonprofit private health-care provider in the United States are poised to strike Wednesday after negotiations failed to reach an agreement over the weekend. The workers’ contract with Kaiser Permanente expired Saturday with disagreements still simmering over staffing levels, which unions have made a focus of their demands, along with better pay and benefits. The Coalition of Kaiser Unions on Monday accused Kaiser of negotiating in bad faith and committing unfair labor practices. Workers will strike Wednesday morning if Kaiser executives do not take “dramatic action now to solve the Kaiser short staffing crisis by investing in its workforce,” the coalition said in a statement to CNBC.
Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital Lab Techs Secure Victory in Effort to Remove Unwanted Union
June 14, 2022 // In briefs to the NLRB Foundation staff attorneys countered that such grounds for blocking the vote were unjustified both as a matter of law and considering the facts of Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital’s announcement regarding the potential transfer of the operation to LabCorp. Foundation attorneys also noted that the attempt to block the vote was likely a cynical attempt to keep power over the bargaining unit, because if the sale ultimately went through the union would have likely sought to block a decertification vote citing the NLRB-created “successor bar” that insulates union officials from decertification votes after an employer’s change in ownership. LabCorp, cessation of operations, Alyse Gschwender, Delaney Warren
Health-Care Strike Risk Runs High as Hundreds of Labor Deals End
January 26, 2022 // At least 207,000 health-care workers are covered by the more than 400 labor agreements set to expire this year, according to an analysis of federal disclosures and contract settlement data compiled by Bloomberg Law.
Strike Averted at Kaiser Permanente as Union Reaches Last-Minute Pay Deal
November 13, 2021 // A strike would have affected 366 Southern California hospitals and medical centers in Anaheim, the Antelope Valley, Baldwin Park, Downey, Fontana, Harbor City, Irvine, Los Angeles, Ontario, Panorama City, Riverside, San Diego, West Los Angeles and Woodland Hills