Here are three updates on healthcare unions since Jan. 21, as reported by Becker's:
1. Resident physicians, interns and fellows employed by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston voted 407-85 to join the Committee of Interns and Residents, which is affiliated with the Service Employees International Union.
2. On Jan. 22, a federal judge agreed with an arbitrator's decision ordering SEIU 121RN to pay Riverside (Calif.) Community Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, $6.26 million in damages related to a 10-day strike held in June 2020. Following hearings in late 2022, the arbitrator found that SEIU 121RN violated the collective bargaining agreement, which outlines terms under which unions are allowed to strike.
3. Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan, has reached labor agreements with three of its healthcare unions. Members of United Physician Assistants of Michigan Medicine approved a contract with Michigan Medicine's clinical division, University of Michigan Health, according to a Jan. 20 news release. The three-year deal covers about 380 physician assistants across Michigan Medicine and University Health Services.