Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, Calif., and the California Nurses Association reached a settlement agreement May 31, just days before a National Labor Relations Board trial was scheduled to begin, according to a Pasadena Now report.
As part of the agreement, HMH has agreed to rescind the terminations of registered nurses Allysha Almada and Vicki Lin and pay them full back pay, the union said in a statement. HMH also agreed to set aside the results of the 2015 HMH RN union election, and move forward with a new election.
The agreement comes as an administrative law judge was slated to review numerous objections to the 2015 election, Pasadena Now reports. According to the publication, these included the 175 challenged ballots that led to an inconclusive election result, the terminations of Ms. Almada and Ms. Lin and other labor law violations allegedly committed by HMH. The hearing was scheduled to begin June 6.
With the agreement, a new election will be set by the NLRB following a 60-day posting period, during which an official NLRB notice, outlining the nurses' organizing rights, will be posted throughout the hospital and emailed to all RNs, the union said.