About 1,000 nurses at Magee-Womens Hospital are set to decide whether they’d like to be represented by SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania later this month.
The organizing effort at one of the region’s leading labor and delivery centers is the latest in a growing labor movement among health care professionals in Pennsylvania. On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board set voting dates for Aug. 19 and 23 for the 1,000 nurses at Magee. UPMC, which owns the hospital, said in a statement Monday that the health system “encourages all eligible employees to vote so that their voices will be heard.”