According to 1199 SEIU, nearly 100 workers at seven Planned Parenthood clinics in the Baltimore area voted in August to form a union with the healthcare workers’ union.
These clinics join other unionized Planned Parenthood locations in New York and Massachusetts.
Shante Harris-El, a Nurse Practitioner at the Towson clinic, cited the desire for competent staffing, better benefits, and improved working conditions as key reasons for unionizing, noting that Planned Parenthood staff share similar workplace concerns with other healthcare workers…