May 17, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS ? Workers at eight Twin Cities hospitals have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract. The union represents 3,500 nursing assistants, technicians and support staff. Its negotiators met with hospital representatives all day Wednesday, a day after 91 percent of union...
May 17, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS - The union that represents thousands of Twin Cities health care employees says it has reached a tentative contract agreement eight metro-area hospitals. The agreement came after both sides met for contract negotiations on Wednesday. It avoids a strike that was authorized by members...
May 17, 2012
A strike at eight Twin Cities hospitals has been averted. Service Employee International Union Healthcare Minnesota says a tentative contract agreement has been reached between the union and the hospitals. Negotiators representing both workers and the hospitals met all day Wednesday after union...
May 17, 2012
Workers at eight Twin Cities hospitals reached a tentative contract agreement Wednesday, averting a potential strike later this month. Hospital negotiators and the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Minnesota, which represents 3,500 nursing assistants, technicians and support staff,...
May 17, 2012
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Support staff at eight Twin Cities hospitals may have avoided a strike. The Service Employees International Union said Wednesday it had reached a tentative contract agreement with n...
May 17, 2012
ST. PAUL ? There's been a steady steam of reports predicting a dearth of nurses in the coming years. One recent forecast from The American College of Medical Quality projects a national shortage of 300,000 to 1 million nurses in 2020. So when Marc Anders decided to switch careers from bartending...
May 17, 2012
File photo Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Mike Leavitt, a former governor of Utah and former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will chair an advisory panel of former politicians and high-ranking government officials to oversee the project. Hospital debt...
May 17, 2012
NEW RIVER MEDICAL CENTER By Jennifer Edwards Consultant Renee Schmitz shared the results of a mock Joint Commission survey with the New River Medical Center Board at their meeting last week. The Joint Commission, formerly known as the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Hospitals (JVAH), is...
May 17, 2012
St. James, Minn. — Each year, trauma accounts for 37 million emergency department visits and 2.6 million hospital admissions across the nation. “Trauma injury accounts for 31% of all life years lost in the United States. The economic burden is $406 billion a year,...
May 17, 2012
Unionized health care workers and hospitals operated by five health systems in the Twin Cities have reached a tentative agreement on contract terms, thereby averting a possible strike. The deal comes one day after members of the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Minnesota voted...
