The vote was 262 to 174 in favor of becoming union members. The vote for unionization will add total 500 new members to 1199SEIU. Workers include patient care assistants, registrars, unit secretaries and food service workers, among other positions at MMC.
1199SEIU includes more than 400,000 members in five states along the Eastern seaboard, according to the union.
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