Hundreds of Physicians Vote to Form Largest US Doctors Union (1)

A group of over 500 doctors, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners have formed the biggest single unit of organized doctors in the US with a Oct. 16 vote to unionize.

The 589 workers employed by the Allina Health System elected to be represented by the Doctors Council, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union, on a 325-200 vote. The members are spread across 62 family and urgent care clinics in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The Allina unit is the largest unionized group involving physicians in the nation, according to data from Bloomberg Law, which tracks union elections going back to ...