Staten Island University Hospital v. National Labor Relations Board

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Staten Island University Hospital (SIUH) petitions for review of an April 29,1993 order of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) holding SIUH to have committed unfair labor practices. The NLRB cross-petitions for enforcement of that order. The NLRB found that SIUH wrongfully refused to bargain with a duly elected union representing registered nurses (RNs) at one of SIUH’s two sites. SIUH asserted then, as it does now, that its refusal was justified. According to SIUH, the site’s RNs should not have been recognized as a separate bargaining unit, for two reasons:…