Community Health Systems, the parent company of MHSC, originally objected to the election, claiming that a substantial number of RNs were supervisors and ineligible to vote. The National Labor Relations Board, however, ruled in favor of HPAE, allowing the vote to move forward.
CHS isn’t the only hospital operator facing nurse unionization efforts. In recent months, HCA has seen nurses at six of its hospitals in Florida vote to unionize.
Read the release on nurse unionization.
Read more coverage on nurses’ unions:
– Nurses at Sixth HCA Florida Hospital Approve Unionization
– HCA Hospitals in Florida Now Have Unionized Nurses
– Hospital Workers Threaten, Implement Strikes Over Contract Negotiations
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