Violence Against Healthcare Workers and Staffing Shortages Fuel Hospital Strikes

Getting attacked at work is now a line item in contract talks, filed right next to overtime pay.

Healthcare workers at a Michigan hospital have been on strike since last September. Violence on the job is one reason behind it, with federal data showing hospital workers are seven times as likely to be injured on the job due to violent acts as members of the general working population.

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