More than 700 St. Joseph registered nurses vote to unionize

More than 700 nurses in Bryan-College Station vote to join national union

The vote by the nurses at St. Joseph Health Hospital comes about a year-and-a-half after unionized nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin ratified their first labor contract.

More than 700 St. Joseph registered nurses vote to unionize

BRYAN, Texas (FOX 44) – Registered nurses at CommonSpirit Health’s St. Joseph Health Regional Hospital in Bryan have voted decisively to join National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing union of registered nurses. “This is a great day for the nurses at St. Joseph Health and for the patients in our community,” said [...]

Registered nurses at St. Joseph Health in Brazos Valley, Texas vote decisively to join National Nurses Organizing Committee / National Nurses United

Nurses at the 316-bed facility say they voted to join the union because it is critical that nurses have a say in making decisions in patient care, staffing, and to help recruit and retain experienced nurses, which leads to improved patient care.