Tuesday June 17, 2025
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Healthcare Labor Activity Update for Summer 2025
Tuesday, July 8, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. CT (2:00 p.m. ET)
In this 60-minute webinar, Chris Cimino provides an update on important developments regarding union organizing and activity targeting U.S. healthcare workers. During the presentation, Chris will provide an update on the status of healthcare organizing, collective bargaining and strike activity to this point in 2025. Chris will also provide an important update on what’s happening at the NLRB and how disfunction at the NLRB and other federal agencies is impacting unions and employers.
Objectives
- Learn about the latest trends in union organizing, bargaining, and strikes in 2025, and what to expect regarding U.S. labor policy in Washington, DC.
- Develop a deeper understanding of how current workforce challenges in hospitals and health systems increase vulnerability to union organizing, and how unions are evolving their tactics under the current administration to target healthcare employees.
- Understand the latest strategies to increase employee engagement and how leaders can leverage these strategies to lower vulnerability to union organizing.
Price
ASHHRA Member: FREE
ASHHRA Non-member: $25.00
Credit(s)
1 (CHHR, ACHE Fellowship*, HRCI, SHRM) for live webinar attendees.
*By attending the Healthcare Labor Activity Update for Summer 2025 live webinar offered by ASHHRA participants may earn up to 1 ACHE Qualified Education hours toward initial certification or recertification of the Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) designation.
Presenters

Christopher Cimino, BA, MS
President and CEO
Chessboard Consulting, Inc.
Chris Cimino is President and CEO of Chessboard Consulting, Inc. In his position at Chessboard Consulting, Chris has assisted hundreds of hospitals and health systems in the development and implementation of strategic plans to build and maintain a high level of employee engagement. Over his 30 years as a labor and employee relations consultant, Chris has also accumulated a wealth of experience dealing with many of the latest tactics currently employed by unions in the Midwest and around the U.S.