Workers at Union Hospital vote to join union
More than 400 hospital workers at Union Hospital in Lynn have voted to join the Service Employees International Union, Local 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East said.
The union said it represents more than 340,000 healthcare workers throughout Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C.
Union Hospital is part of North Shore Medical Center and a member of Partners HealthCare, a healthcare provider.
At Union Hospital, "the new members of 1199 SEIU include certified nursing assistants, phlebotomists, housekeepers, dietary workers, and many others – joining registered nurses, physical therapists, medical technologists and other professionals who were already 1199 SEIU members at the 147-bed acute care facility," the local said in a press release.
Last month, nearly 500 workers at Caritas Carney Hospital in Dorchester voted to join 1199 SEIU, making it the second hospital in the Caritas Christi Health Care network to unionize this spring. In April, more than 800 employees at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton voted to affiliate with the same union.
A Globe story on the Caritas Carney vote noted that union officials were organizing campaigns that would result in similar votes on unionization at other area hospitals. Traditionally, hospitals were not unionized in this market.
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