Becker's Healthcare December 15, 2023
The year 2023 was full of labor union wins — in healthcare and beyond. Now hospitals nationwide must grapple with higher nurse salaries, teeing up further tensions with insurers, employers and the potential for increased premiums.
From Hollywood writers to healthcare workers, nearly 900,000 unionized U.S. employees secured double-digit pay increases throughout the year, according to data analyzed by CNN.
“I would say this is the best run of wage increases won by labor since the period right after the end of World War II,” Art Wheaton, director of labor studies at Ithaca, N.Y.-based Cornell University, told the news outlet.
As of Dec. 13, 967 strikes and labor protests happened this year across 1,347 locations nationwide, according to...
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