New Event Spring 2026: LaborVision Forum for Healthcare
Nearly 15,000 nurses walked out this week at major New York City hospitals.
Not over a fringe issue. They walked out over staffing control, workload, and patient care standards.
Hospitals scrambled to respond. Travel nurses were brought in. Elective surgeries were canceled. Patients were transferred. Neonatal units were relocated. State officials declared an emergency, citing risks to public health.
This was not a surprise.
And it is not a one-off headline.
It is the operating environment for healthcare labor relations in 2026.
Healthcare labor disputes have moved well beyond traditional wage conversations. Today’s flashpoints are staffing ratios, workload escalation, and who controls the rules governing patient care.
Many healthcare leaders are navigating these issues in isolation, reacting in real time, without a trusted forum to pressure-test strategy, share lessons learned, or compare notes with peers facing the same challenges.
That gap is why we are launching a new initiative for Spring 2026.
Introducing the LaborVision Forum for Healthcare Practitioners
In Spring 2026, we will host the inaugural LaborVision Forum for Healthcare Practitioners.
For more than 15 years, LaborVision Forum has brought together a small, invitation-only group of senior labor and employee relations leaders for candid, off-the-record discussion. It is not a conference. There are no panels and no sales pitches. The agenda is shaped by the people in the room and grounded in what actually works.
Given the volatility of healthcare labor relations today and the need for a forum for healthcare labor relations practitioners to learn and share, we are extending this model into the healthcare labor space and opening registration to healthcare LR practitioners who want to be part of that conversation. You must be a management-side practitioner to register and attend.
This forum is designed as a working session, not a lecture series.
What the Healthcare Forum Will Focus On
The LaborVision Forum for Healthcare will concentrate on the issues healthcare leaders are dealing with right now, including:
- Nurse, physician, resident, and pharmacy organizing
- Micro-units and fragmented bargaining structures
- Digital and social media pressure during campaigns
- Patient care risks during labor disputes
- Grievance escalation in clinical environments
- Signals coming from unions and regulators about what is next
- Employee experience and sentiment tracking
- Creating a positive employee relations environment
- Front-line leader behaviors that either stabilize or accelerate labor conflict
Event Details
LaborVision Forum for Healthcare
📍 Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Marriott 8440 Freeport Pkwy, Irving, TX 75063
🗓️ March 10–11, 2026
Registration options
LaborVision Forum for Healthcare ($750): includes a networking dinner on March 10, a full day of learning and sharing, and another networking dinner with labor professionals from across industries on Mar 11.
Details and registration are available here: https://lrionline.com/laborvision-forum/
Why This Room Matters Now
If the NYC nurse strike caught your attention, it should.
It reflects the environment in which healthcare leaders operate today and the one that is likely to intensify, not ease, over the next several years.
The value of LaborVision has always come from the people in the room and the willingness to speak candidly about what is working, what is failing, and what needs to change.
If you are navigating today’s healthcare labor landscape, this forum was built for you.
