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Healthcare union elections in District of Columbia

10 union petitions since Jan 2023 at 2 healthcare employers hiring in District of Columbia, by the National Labor Relations Board's record: unions won 3 elections and 0 petitions are pending. Workers at public hospitals organize under District of Columbia law instead, outside this record.

10
Union petitions
since Jan 2023
3
Won by a union

Union petitions in District of Columbia

Newest first. Each employer opens its page, with its open jobs.

Union petitions at healthcare employers hiring in District of Columbia
FiledEmployerWorkersUnionOutcome
9 Sep 2026Unity Health CareWashington, DCNot described1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastPetition withdrawn
12 Mar 2026Children's National HospitalWashington, DCNot describedDistrict of Columbia Nurses AssociationPetition withdrawn
6 Jan 2026Children's National HospitalWashington, DCNot describedDistrict of Columbia Nurses AssociationPetition withdrawn
6 Mar 2025Children's National HospitalWashington, DCNot describedDistrict Columbia Nurses AssociationPetition withdrawn
3 Jan 2025Unity Health CareWashington, DCNot describedMetropolitan District 1199DC, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees AFSCMEPetition withdrawn
20 Nov 2024Unity Health CareWashington, DCVOTING GROUP A – PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES included58 eligible1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East a/w Service Employees International Union, SOC, CLCThe union won, 42 to 0
16 Jul 2024Unity Health CareWashington, DCmedical assistants, registered medical assistants, certified medical assistants...217 eligibleMetropolitan District 1199DC, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees a/w American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIOThe union won, 123 to 9
28 Sep 2023Children's National HospitalWashington, DCNot describedDistrict of Columbia Nurses AssociationPetition withdrawn
18 Sep 2023Unity Health CareWashington, DCNot describedUnion of American Physicians & Dentists (UAPD)The union won
31 Aug 2023Unity Health CareWashington, DCNot describedUnion of American Physicians and Dentists AFSCME Local 206, AFL-CIOPetition withdrawn

Employers hiring in District of Columbia with a petition

Healthcare union elections in District of Columbia: common questions

Which hospitals and healthcare employers in District of Columbia unionized recently?

Unions won 3 elections in District of Columbia since Jan 2023 at employers hiring on this site, the latest: Unity Health Care, VOTING GROUP A – PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES included in Washington, DC (1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East a/w Service Employees International Union, SOC, CLC), filed 20 Nov 2024: the union won, 42 to 0; Unity Health Care, medical assistants, registered medical assistants, certified medical assistants... in Washington, DC (Metropolitan District 1199DC, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees a/w American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO), filed 16 Jul 2024: the union won, 123 to 9; Unity Health Care, a unit of workers in Washington, DC (Union of American Physicians & Dentists (UAPD)), filed 18 Sep 2023: the union won.

Which unions represent healthcare workers in District of Columbia?

By the elections won since Jan 2023: 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East a/w Service Employees International Union, SOC, CLC (1), Metropolitan District 1199DC, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees a/w American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (1) and Union of American Physicians & Dentists (UAPD) (1). Each won among one unit of workers at one site; older units are not in this window.

Are any union elections pending in District of Columbia?

None at the employers hiring on this site in District of Columbia.

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Sources and method

A case is listed when the employer its petition names is one of the employers hiring on this site, matched by name and by its open jobs in the case's town. Cases filed since Jan 2023, read 9 Nov 2026. Every state.

  1. National Labor Relations Board case records (nlrb.gov), as copied nightly by labordata/nlrb-data

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Healthcare union elections in District of Columbia. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/healthcare-union-elections/district-of-columbia

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