Asheville nurse strike? Mission/HCA 'gave some ground'; groups support nurses with fund

Asheville nurse strike? Mission/HCA 'gave some ground'; groups support nurses with fund 
Asheville Citizen Times; by Joel Burgess; 7/22/24 
A nurse union negotiator has said HCA HealthCare, the owner of Mission Health, has "given some ground" on key issues — but nurses are still preparing for a potential strike over staffing numbers at Western North Carolina's biggest hospital. Local activists including WNC Workers Assembly, meanwhile, are rallying residents and raising money to help nurses in case of a strike. Mission nurses unionized in 2020, a year after HCA — a for-profit Tennessee corporation and the biggest hospital company in the country − bought the nonprofit Mission for $1.9 billion. 
Editor's Note: Mission/HCA provides hospice, palliative, and PACE care. On 4/11/24 we reported, "HCA Healthcare faces more Mission Health-related allegations."