Chronology of Recent Labor Events
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- Organization and Bargaining in Hospitals. Gershenfeld, Walter J. // Monthly Labor Review;Jul68, Vol. 91 Issue 7, p51
Reports on trade-union organization and bargaining in hospitals in the U.S. in the 1960s. Membership composition; Bargaining issues, such as wage increases and base rates; Grievance procedure; Resolution of the problems of professional and nonprofessional groups in hospitals.
- Cooling Contract Tension. Horwath, Justin // Santa Fe Reporter;7/30/2014, Vol. 41 Issue 31, p15
The article reports on the progress of negotiations between the management and labor union of the Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- Could be in a bind. Carlson, Joe // Modern Healthcare;3/16/2009, Vol. 39 Issue 11, p12
The article reports on the conflict between pro-business lobbyists and pro-union workers over the U.S. Employee Free Choice Act. The widely anticipated bill would make it much easier to form new organized bargaining units. According to a report that will be released by the American Hospital...
- Health Care Bargaining: The FMCS Experience. Scearce, James F.; Tanner, Lucretia Dewey // Labor Law Journal;Jul76, Vol. 27 Issue 7, p387
This article assesses the U.S. National Labor Relations Act amendments of 1974. On August 25, 1974, amendments to the National Labor Relations Act extended coverage and protection to employees of nonprofit hospitals and other health care institutions. As stated in the amendment, the term health...
- University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School Industrial Research Unit. Northrup, Herbert R. // ILR Review;Jul75, Vol. 28 Issue 4, p636
The article focuses on various labor relation research works at the Wharton School Industrial Research Unit (IRU) of the University of Pennsylvania as of 1975. Labor relations policy and manpower research are the two areas of collective bargaining being dealt with at the IRU. With regard to...
- Appropriate Hospital Bargaining Units. // Labor Law Journal;Jul76, Vol. 27 Issue 7, p443
This article discusses the ruling of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on several cases concerning appropriate hospital bargaining units. A separate unit of the Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati's powerhouse and maintenance workers was not appropriate, the NLRB held. In view of the...
- Results from a Survey of Medical Residents' Attitudes about Unions. Kaplan, Jonathan L.; Hoell, Robert C.; Marr, Alan B.; Weintraub, Sharon; O'Leary, J. Patrick; Hunt, John P. // Labor Studies Journal;Dec2007, Vol. 32 Issue 4, p411
A study was conducted to evaluate medical residents' attitudes toward unionization and to measure issues a residency union might pursue, Medical residents are in a transitory state between graduate student and working professional, giving them little voice in the workplace. It is possible that...
- MNA units approve new contracts. // Massachusetts Nurse Advocate;Mar2010, Vol. 81 Issue 2, p7
The article reports on the approved contracts of the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) bargaining units. It states that the MNA unit at Brockton Hospital Corp. ratified a three-year contract wherein they were able to gain positive language on workplace violence and increase of night...
- A PLAN TO RESOLVE IMPASSES IN HOSPITAL BARGAINING. Kheel, Theodore W.; Kaden, Lewis B. // Monthly Labor Review;Apr70, Vol. 93 Issue 4, p45
Focuses on a proposal to resolve impasses in hospital bargaining in the United States. Identification of most pressing issues in hospital labor relations; Assurance of organizational rights in those areas where representational proceedings are not provided by law; Design of procedures for...
