Nurses at Doctors Hospital of Sarasota (Fla.) have voted to unionize, joining the National Nurses Organizing Committee-Florida, according to a Herald-Tribune report.
The hospital is the tenth HCA-owned hospital in Florida to unionize in the last year.
The union and HCA is currently working to agree on a contract for the nurses, who are seeking higher pay and higher nurse-to-patient staffing ratios.
Read the Herald-Tribune report on Doctors Hospital of Sarasota.
Read more coverage on nurses' unions:
- Nurses at Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center to Strike on Wednesday
- Nurses at D.C.'s Washington Hospital Center Authorize Strike
The hospital is the tenth HCA-owned hospital in Florida to unionize in the last year.
The union and HCA is currently working to agree on a contract for the nurses, who are seeking higher pay and higher nurse-to-patient staffing ratios.
Read the Herald-Tribune report on Doctors Hospital of Sarasota.
Read more coverage on nurses' unions:
- Nurses at Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center to Strike on Wednesday
- Nurses at D.C.'s Washington Hospital Center Authorize Strike