George Washington Hospital Found Liable for Anti-Union Campaign

The George Washington University Hospital committed a series of serious labor law violations during an anti-union campaign that culminated in the facility unilaterally ending its recognition of a decades-old employees’ union, a federal labor board judge found.

The facility in Washington, D.C., is run by the university and one of the largest hospital operators in the country, Universal Health Services Inc., which bought an 80% stake in 1997.

National Labor Relations Board Judge Michael Rosas wrote a 50-page opinion noting that a number of the hospital’s witnesses weren’t credible during trial and detailing a course of unlawful actions over ...