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USW Ratifies Collective Bargaining Agreement With Appalachian Regional Healthcare
USW Announces Tentative Agreement With Appalachian Regional Healthcare
Rhode Island Committee Votes to End Mandatory Overtime for Nurses
Robert Wood Johnson Nurses Ratify New Agreement, Win Quality Health Care
USW Among RNs Working Together Rallying in Chicago
Nurses Unions Launch Unprecedented National Effort To Coordinate Unionization And Patients’ Rights Campaigns
Steelworkers continue to lead the fight for “HealthCare-NOW!”
Solidarity Forever - Actions That Work!
Health Care Employees Report Cites Scarcity of Minorities In Health Professions, Identifies Solutions
HIPAA ALERT!
Test Your HIPAA IQ - True or False?
States Ready to Ban Mandatory Overtime
Learning a Lesson from Down Under
Workplace Actions Are The Key To Success
Workplace Issues
Injury Rates a Problem at Nursing Homes
Legislation Proposed for Safe Staffing Levels at Health Care Facilities
Short Staffing/Hours of Work
Study: Low Staff Levels Lead to Poor Patient Outcomes
Job Stress
Facts on Mandatory Overtime
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Future of Healthcare in Canada



Short Staffing/Hours of Work
Is Short Staffing and Unsafe Working Conditions Wearing You Down?

Add to Your Clout in the Workplace

The Steelworkers' Health Care Workers Council provides experienced negotiators to help you collective bargain effectively with the administration on short staffing concerns and unsafe working conditions. Our health care contracts include health and safety committees that actually represent your interests and not just the interests of the facilities where you work.

In addition, the Council will train members of your local union on how to hold facilities accountable for unsafe staffing. Documenting unsafe working conditions is one of the most important steps in changing workplace conditions. We will provide you with the tools and training that you will need to make positive changes for all workers in your facility.