hospitals

  • Nurses Say Private Equity Firm Starving Massachusetts Hospitals
    Mark Brenner, Mischa Gaus
    Dec 20 2011 - 6:26pm

    Nurses sang sour carols today to the private equity firm they say is starving Massachusetts hospitals and pitting workers against each other. Steward hospitals, owned by Cerberus Capital, is squeezing hard.

  • California Strike Highlights Hospitals' Skewed Priorities
    Mark Brenner
    Jun 24 2011 - 12:24pm

    Workers at a California hospital return to the job today, following the third short strike this year by the National Union of Healthcare Workers. NUHW exposed a deal handing the CEO $5 million while staff was cut.

  • Nurse Unions: Florence Nightingale Doesn't Work Here Anymore
    Mischa Gaus
    May 6 2011 - 2:43pm

    National Nurses United marked National Nurses Week this year with strike threats at six hospitals in five states, winning increased staffing levels in some locations and beating back health care cost hikes in others.

  • As Hospitals Go ‘Lean’ and Squeeze Workers, Unions See Potential for Organizing
    Kim Moody
    Mar 15 2011 - 8:44am

    Today’s hospitals are big business, run like factories and clustered in growing corporate systems. Health care is a growing, consolidated industry with billions flowing into its coffers and desperately in need of skilled labor. It’s the kind of organizing target U.S. unions have not seen for some time.

  • Philadelphia Hospital Workers Walk Out
    By Marty Harrison
    Apr 1 2010 - 1:09am

    Health care workers at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia went on strike Wednesday, holding out against demands to give up free-speech rights, explode health care costs, and hobble the union's power. A rally of 1,200 cheered their resolve.

  • Hospitals Ravaged by Recession Pile More Work on Staff
    Mischa Gaus
    Feb 3 2010 - 11:38am

    Hospital work is thought to be recession-proof. No matter what the economy, people get sick and need care. The work is there, but at a cost: hospital workers and researchers say some hospitals are churning through a round of reorganization, strapping on more work, skimping on training, and trying to stuff contract concessions through.

  • Service Employees Vote to Split United Healthcare Workers-West, Members Call for Disaffiliation

    Mark Brenner

    The Service Employees’ internal battle took a decisive turn January 9, when the union’s top body approved plans to split apart a big dissident California local, United Healthcare Workers-West.


    Yes