Nurses at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital and Dean Medical Clinic have joined forces to expand labor charges against their parent company, SSM Health, alleging union-busting activity.
St. Mary’s nurses filed federal labor charges Sept. 8, nearly two months after voting to unionize under the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). The initial charges alleged that SSM Health refused to negotiate a union contract and interfered with nurses’ labor rights.
Since then, Dean Medical Clinic nurses have also unionized under SEIU and joined the complaint with additional charges against SSM Health…