摘要：RECENT National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) records indicate that not only does management win more elections than unions, but that it also wins three out of four attempts to oust unions which are already established [1]. Paradoxically, the current trend in the health field is toward expanding unionization, not a weakening of union strength as is true in many other segments of the industrial work force [2]. This trend may have been accelerated by the Taft-Hartley amendments (PL 93-360) which took effect on August 25, 1974 and resulted in nonprofit hospitals and nursing homes being placed under the coverage of the National Labor Relations Act, thereby providing their employees the legal right to strike [3]. Under the act, the NLRB has the power to conduct secret elections and to order nonprofit hospitals to bargain with unions chosen by a majority of employees voting in these elections.
