Federal Rules and Regulations for Union and Labor Laws
As the Assistant Director of Labor Relations for a 400-bed
hospital, employing nearly 3,000 employees, of which 800 are registered nurses.
The hospital is the largest hospital in the town of 102,000, competing with two
other hospitals for scarce healthcare talent. You watch anxiously as the
not-for-profit facility on the east side of town is under pressure from the
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)-Healthcare to unionize based on
wages and staffing ratios. You have been asked by the Chief Labor Counsel for
your opinion on the next course of action for the hospital. Since your hospital
is a non-profit healthcare institution, it’s important to know the guidelines
that not-for-profit organizations may encounter versus for-profit companies.
What are the key Federal rules and regulations that must be
known by managers before the organizing is attempted by the SEIU?
Complete the following questions:
Provide a strategic plan to prepare managers for a potential
organizing attempt by the SEIU.
Describe how these work related laws affect both employers
and employees.
Provide specific examples and recommendations.
Provide recommendations if the hospital should look into
organizing with SEIU and why
