title: Why the health care industry should fight union organization and the high cost the industry will pay if its fight is unsuccessful.
abstract: The health care industry is being hit hard with an aggressive effort by outside unions to organize health care employees. The interest of health care workers in union organization and their receptiveness to the unions' messages has grown substantially over the last five years--with negative effects on health care workers and the health care industry as a whole. This article addresses union trends in health care, discusses specific cases and their outcomes, and makes recommendations on what the health care industry can, and should, do to preserve a union-free work environment.
authors.affiliation: Adams, Nash, Haskell & Sheridan, Fort Wright, Kentucky, USA.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007750:Labor Unions / Q000191:economics