Health Care Workers Council News
- August 22, 2011 Senior Citizen Explosion Could Be a Job Creator For a struggling U.S. economy groping to create more jobs, the many needs of the retiring baby boom generation in the coming years will mean a flood of new employment opportunities.
- August 09, 2011 Nursing homes threatened by cuts A looming cut in the amount Medicare reimburses to care for nursing home residents could threaten both access to nursing homes and the quality of care they can provide, says the head of Pennsylvania's skilled nursing home and personal care home trade association.
- July 11, 2011 AMR Staff Choose USW The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that 457 employees of American Medical Response in Redlands and Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. have voted in favor of having the USW recognized as their exclusive bargaining representative.
- July 05, 2011 Rep. Schakowsky Introduces Bill to Improve Patient Care & Curtail Nurse Shortage epresentative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today introduced legislation to address increasing hospital mortality rates and preventable medical errors caused by nurse understaffing. The Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2011 would establish a federal minimum standard in all hospitals ... more
- June 24, 2011 USW Hails Consent Order Achieved By NLRB Following Decade-Plus Struggle at Kentucky River Medical Center The United Steelworkers (USW) today lauded the proposed consent order entered by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Kentucky River Medical Center in Jackson, Ky. The USW has been working for 13 years to negotiate a first contract with Jackson Hospital Corporation facility.
- May 06, 2011 Union muscle behind Gracedale fight Anyone who's gone to a Northampton County Council meeting or public forum in the past 10 months knows who they are. The half-dozen dogged retirees, led by an evangelical minister, arrive early, stay late and never hesitate to call elected officials on what they view as an ill-fated scheme to rob seniors ... more
- March 08, 2011 NIOSH Seeks Insights from Healthcare Workers on Chemical Health, Safety Practices The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) invites healthcare personnel to participate voluntarily in an online survey about health and safety practices in working with hazardous chemicals on the job. The survey is open until March 26, 2011.
- February 08, 2011 OSHA Cites Acadia Hospital for Failing to Protect Workers Against Workplace Violence The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited The Acadia Hospital in Bangor for failing to provide its employees with adequate safeguards against workplace violence. Click here for more.
- January 04, 2011 Republicans Plan to Cancel Health Insurance Benefits Republicans in Congress have announced their intention to repeal the new health insurance reform legislation, and all of its benefits for senior citizens, people with pre-existing conditions and children.
- September 22, 2009 H1N1 news for USW members: Arm yourself with facts, prevention They call it a pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) panel of experts examined the evidence and concluded that novel H1N1 influenza is infecting people around the world at a rapid rate.
- October 06, 2009 USW Front and Center in Health Insurance Reform Fight The USW believes health care for all is the civil rights issue of our time and will help build bargaining power. Click here for more.
- March 09, 2009 USW Ratifies Collective Bargaining Agreement With Appalachian Regional Healthcare United Steelworkers (USW) voted overwhelmingly yesterday to ratify a contract with Appalachian Regional Healthcare, ending a 25-day strike against the giant medical system that operates nine hospitals and 11 clinics in West Virginia and Kentucky.
- September 23, 2009 USW Announces Tentative Agreement With Appalachian Regional Healthcare The United Steelworkers (USW) announced late Saturday night that it reached a tentative contract with Appalachian Regional Healthcare, the hospital system in Kentucky and West Virginia against which 2,700 employees began a strike April 1.
- September 23, 2009 Rhode Island Committee Votes to End Mandatory Overtime for Nurses Legislation that would ban mandatory overtime for nurses working in hospitals is moving through the Rhode Island legislature again, but this time it appears to have more momentum than in the past.
- September 23, 2009 Robert Wood Johnson Nurses Ratify New Agreement, Win Quality Health Care Registered nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ, overwhelmingly ratified a new collective bargaining agreement, 769-117, in all-day voting yesterday, United Steelworkers Local 4-200 announced here late last night.
- August 30, 2011 Board issues decision on appropriate units in non-acute health care facilities In a decision made public today, the National Labor Relations Board has adopted a new approach for determining what constitutes an appropriate bargaining unit in health care facilities other than acute care hospitals.
