1,800 nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC voted this week to join the National Nurses United. This marks the largest hospital union win in the South since 1975.
Hospitals owned by Tenet Healthcare continue to face unrest among the nursing staff. Workers at 12 Tenet-owned hospitals across Florida, California, and Arizona went on strike last week. This comes after pickets at 11 California Tenet hospitals earlier this month.
The University of Illinois health systems in Chicago also dealt with protests this month by members of the Illinois Nurses Association and SEIU Local 73. The unions and the university continue negotiations, but no agreement has been reached.
