Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa, Calif., has filed a second appeal over a union vote that took place last fall, according to a Napa Valley Register report.
The vote to unionize involved 419 service and technical workers, who voted by a 3-2 margin to join the National Union of Healthcare Workers.The hospital subsequently appealed the election to the National Labor Relations Board, claiming its employees were bullied, intimidated or pressured into voting in favor of unionization, according to the report.
Last month, the board's San Francisco office ruled against the hospital's first appeal, and certified that a majority of ballots were cast in favor of the NUHW, the Napa Valley Register reported.
This week, Queen of the Valley announced it would appeal the decision, according to the report.
"We have appealed that local decision … because we believe the local region's decision does not protect the rights of our employees," said a statement from Larry Coomes, the hospital's interim CEO, according to the report.
"We are seriously concerned about whether our employees' rights were honored and whether all voices were heard in the union election," he wrote.
NUHW spokesman Matthew Artz said in the report that the appeal is without merit and called it "a cynical, 'Hail Mary' by Queen of the Valley."
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