Hundreds of nurses employed by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — the city’s largest employer — say they are having to fight just to schedule a union election. Meanwhile, their employer is justifying delays by citing the Trump administration’s changes to the National Labor Relations Board.
On June 13, a throng of scrub-clad nurses and supporters gathered in the damp shadow of Pittsburgh’s iconic U.S. Steel Tower — which now bears the UPMC logo across its roofline. Joined there by a range of elected officials, including city councilmembers, U.S. Reps. Summer Lee and Chris Deluzio, and Pittsburgh’s mayor, Ed Gainey, they demanded a date for their union election.
