Nurses at UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s in Sioux City have voted to decertify their union.
When UnityPoint took over MercyOne in September, the hospital still honored the nurses' union contract through the United Food and Commercial Workers union.
UnityPoint nurses do not belong to a union.
In May, UnityPoint nurses who previously worked for MercyOne voted to stay with the union. But last month, another secret ballot election was held after a nurse practitioner filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board seeking a decertification election.
The National Right to Work Foundation says that election for 191 employees was certified on Tuesday by the NLRB. The outcome was 80-71 to decertify the union.
While Sioux City nurses voted to decertify, nurses at four UnityPoint Health hospitals in the Des Moines area are still waiting for the results of a December union election to be certified. They've held rallies and marches urging UnityPoint to recognize their vote to join Teamsters Local 90.
