Longmont United Hospital v. NLRB

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Case overview

Case Number:

22-1262

Court:

Appellate - DC Circuit

Nature of Suit:

Government Agencies

  1. August 31, 2023

    ​​​​​​​NLRB Says DC Circ. Shouldn't Rehear Ballot Signature Spat

    The D.C. Circuit must deny a Colorado hospital's bid for reconsideration of the appeals court's ruling that a nurse cast a valid ballot in a close union representation election, the NLRB argued, saying the signature on the ballot followed agency rules. 

  2. June 13, 2023

    Hospital Must Bargain With Nurses Union, DC Circ. Rules

    A Colorado hospital must honor a 94-93 vote compelling it to recognize a nurses' union, the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday, upholding the National Labor Relations Board's decision to issue a bargaining order and rejecting the hospital's argument that one "yes" ballot was improperly signed.

  3. April 14, 2023

    DC Circ. Skeptical Of Hospital's Union Vote Challenge

    A D.C. Circuit panel was skeptical Friday of a Colorado hospital's argument that a union's victory in a close union representation election should be set aside due to a dispute over a voter's signature, questioning whether it mattered that a decisive voter's ballot was not signed in cursive.

  4. February 21, 2023

    NLRB GC Defends Board's Bargaining Order At Colo. Hospital

    National Labor Relations Board attorneys urged the D.C. Circuit to uphold a bargaining order for a Colorado hospital that refused to negotiate with a nurses union, telling the appeals court that the board correctly dismissed the hospital's allegations about an improper ballot signature and solicited ballots.

  5. January 19, 2023

    Hospital Wants DC Circ. To Reverse Nurse Bargaining Order

    A Colorado hospital asked the D.C. Circuit to take a second look at the National Labor Relations Board's decision last year that determined the hospital unlawfully refused to bargain with a nurses union, arguing the board didn't follow agency precedent.