In the last month, there have been two NLRB rulings of note in the healthcare sphere.
The first is that the NLRB was actually wrong when it ordered Crozer-Keystone Health System to disclose to its union their entire sale agreement with Prospect Medical Holdings. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the NLRB that the company owed the union parts of its agreement, but not the agreement in its entirety.
The second ruling, made by the NLRB, is that Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, MD, violated labor law by engaging in anti-union conduct during a 2016 union organizing campaign with the National Nurses United. More details here.
Healthcare strikes continue across the country. The two most notable ones in October so far have included workers at Allina Health in Minnesota and nurses at Alameda Health Systems in Northern California. Both groups of workers are represented by the Service Employees International Union.
Two nursing home chains in Michigan, Ciena and Villa, reached a tentative agreement just in time to avoid a strike by an expected 1,000 workers. And lastly, nurses at the University of Illinois Hospital and clinics also reached a tentative agreement after a week-long strike last month.
