A Michigan hospital lost twice in its federal court dispute with the National Labor Relations Act after a judge rejected its constitutional challenge to the agency and ordered it to bargain with a union.
US District Judge Robert Jonker, a George W. Bush appointee, on Friday granted the NLRB’s request for an injunction calling on Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital to negotiate with SEIU Healthcare Michigan for a labor contract.
Jonker separately denied Trinity Health’s bid to avoid a court order based on allegedly unconstitutional protections shielding NLRB members and administrative law judges from being fired.
The ruling on the ...