SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION HEALTHCARE PENNSYLVANIA v. HERITAGE VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA SERVICE EMPLOYEES ) ) INTERNATIONAL UNION ) 2:19-cv-00393-NR HEALTHCARE PENNSYLVANIA, ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) HERITAGE VALLEY HEALTH ) ) SYSTEM, ) ) Defendant. ) OPINION J. Nicholas Ranjan, United States District Judge Under the parties’ collective bargaining agreement, Heritage Valley Health System agreed to arbitrate “any dispute or complaint” that might arise. Yet when the union demanded to arbitrate a dispute about whether Heritage Valley was improperly forcing unionized nurses to work as “patient care…