On January 24, 2014, the United States District Court for the Northern
District of Ohio Eastern Division granted an injunction filed by Frederick J.
Calatrello, Regional Director for Region 8 (Cleveland) of the National Labor
Relations Board (NLRB) against DHSC, LLD, which does business as Affinity
Medical Center in Massillon, Ohio. The court found that the NLRB had reasonable
cause to believe that Affinity Medical Center violated the National Labor
Relations Act when the company disciplined and fired a long-tenured orthopedic
nurse who was a union supporter, limited access to its property to a union
representative, and refused to recognize or bargain with the National Nurses
Organizing Committee (NNOC), the nurses’ recently-certified collective
bargaining representative.
The court ordered Affinity to cease and desist from disciplining,
discharging and reporting its employees to the State Board of Nursing because
of their union activities, sympathies, or support. Further, the court ordered
the company to “recognize, and upon request, bargain in good faith with the
union as the exclusive collective bargaining representative of the employees
concerning their wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employment.”
Lastly, the company was ordered to stop imposing more onerous working
conditions on employees because the employees engaged in protected concerted
activities and/or union activities.
Source: NLRB
This information is intended to be
educational and should not be considered legal advice on any specific matter.
