MI: Corewell nurses vote to join Teamsters union

With nearly 60% of the vote, nurses at eight hospitals across Southeast Michigan have voted to unionize.

According to the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Region 7-Detroit office, more than 8,300 nurses voted over the course of three days last week 4,958 to 2,957 for union representation by Nurses for Nurses, a Committee of Michigan Teamsters Joint Council No. 43.

The NLRB says there were 418 challenged ballots, but because they aren’t determinative to the outcome of the election, they won’t be counted.

“Despite Corewell waging one of the most expensive and aggressive union-busting campaigns we’ve ever seen, these nurses knew their value and were determined to become Teamsters,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. “Corewell nurses chose the Teamsters because they knew it was the only way to secure a strong union contract.”

The petition for a union election was filed Sept. 27 with the NLRB Region 7-Detroit office for 9,775 nurses at Corewell Health Southeast Michigan in Southfield. Corewell was previously known as Beaumont.




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