title: Survey updates unionization activities.
abstract: Survey conducted in 1976 shows that the 1974 amendments to the National Labor Relations Act have speeded unionization of U.S. hospitals. Marked variations in unionization according to hospital type, size, and location continue. Overall, 23 percent of all hospitals have at least one union contract.
mesh_terms: D003098:Collective Bargaining; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D007750:Labor Unions / Q000639:trends*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States