Health insurance is one of the most contentious issues raised during bargaining. A health insurance provider terminated its contract with a unionized hospital. The hospital sought the consent of its union, the Michigan Association of Police, to change its members’ coverage at the end of the year. The Company and the Union could not reach…

Resident physicians and fellows at Howard University Hospital in Washington D.C. recently joined the Service Employees International Union. According to union leadership, residents had a range of concerns including parking, meals, salary, and the financial sustainability of the hospital. The financial stability of the hospital element is most noteworthy. In late 2014, the Washington D.C.…

Resident physicians at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens, N.Y. sought to unionize and relied on an NLRB decision holding that resident physicians are employees within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act. The Hospital, relying on a separate Board decision, argued that the residents were more akin to graduate students, not employees, and thus…