Posts tagged UnityPoint Health hospitals
Results of UnityPoint nurse vote to unionize are undetermined
December 15, 2025 // "We get this contract, and we have every intention going forward of adding on, if they would like to join, our respiratory therapists, our patient care techs, pharmacy, environmental services, dietary I mean, the list just keeps going on and on," she said. A spokesperson for UnityPoint Health — Des Moines said in a statement it doesn’t believe there is any merit to the Teamster’s ballot challenges. "We have reason to believe they only challenged the ballots of certain nurses based on how they believed those nurses would vote," the statement read. "UnityPoint Health did not challenge the ballots of any nurses currently employed in the bargaining unit — we believe everyone’s vote should count and everyone’s voice should be heard."
‘When nurses are treated fairly, patients win, too’: UnityPoint Health nurses unionizing
December 2, 2024 // Teamsters Local 90 leaders say they're working with nurses from four UnityPoint facilities, Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Methodist West Hospital, Blank Children's Hospital and Iowa Lutheran Hospital, to help them create "a stronger voice to address critical issues affecting their profession and the care they provide."