NLRB Finding of Ohio Hospital’s Anti-Union Retaliation Upheld

The National Labor Relations Board correctly determined that an Ohio hospital committed multiple unfair labor practices after its nurses voted to unionize, the D.C. Circuit ruled Dec. 20.

There’s substantial evidence to support the NLRB’s ruling that Affinity Medical Center’s discriminatory and retaliatory conduct was motivated by anti-union sentiment, the U.S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found in the per curiam opinion.

Affinity nurses voted to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee in 2012. The NNOC subsequently filed multiple grievances against Affinity, legally registered as DHSC LLC, for taking certain anti-union actions following the union election. ...