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Healthcare union elections in Pennsylvania

20 union petitions since Jan 2023 at 13 healthcare employers hiring in Pennsylvania, by the National Labor Relations Board's record: unions won 13 elections and 1 petitions are pending. Workers at public hospitals organize under Pennsylvania law instead, outside this record.

20
Union petitions
since Jan 2023
13
Won by a union

Union petitions in Pennsylvania

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Union petitions at healthcare employers hiring in Pennsylvania
FiledEmployerWorkersUnionOutcome
11 May 2026Pediatric Specialty CarePhiladelphia, PAnon-professional employees61 eligibleDistrict 1199C, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, AFSCME, AFL-CIOVoted 5 Jun 2026, not yet certified, 32 to 8
13 Apr 2026Penn State HealthHershey, PA(those9 eligibleTeamsters Local Union No. 776 a/w International Brotherhood of TeamstersThe union won, 5 to 4
27 May 2025UPMCPittsburgh, PAregistered nurses (RNs)828 eligibleSEIU Healthcare PennsylvaniaThe union won, 402 to 305
19 Mar 2025Main Line HealthWynnewood, PAskilled maintenance employees25 eligibleInternational Union of Operating Engineers, Local 835The union won, 14 to 10
21 Nov 2024Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PAinterns, fellows and residents499 eligibleCommittee of Interns and Residents, SEIU, Local 1957No union, 195 to 178
7 Nov 2024St. Clair HospitalPittsburgh, PAplant operations department employees27 eligibleInternational Union of Operating Engineers Local 95The union won, 22 to 5
18 Sep 2024Squirrel Hill Health CenterPittsburgh, PAVOTING GROUP - UNIT A (PROFESSIONAL UNIT)81 eligibleUnited Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLCThe union won, 44 to 1
5 Aug 2024The Verland FoundationSewickley, PAvoting unit18 eligibleUnited Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO/CLCThe union won, 5 to 0
31 Jul 2024HealthFleet AmbulancePhiladelphia, PAemergency medical technicians (EMTs), emergency vehicle operators (EVOs), wheelchair...132 eligibleTeamsters Union Local No. 115 a/w International Brotherhood of TeamstersNo union, 74 to 12
10 May 2024Temple HealthPhiladelphia, PANot describedDistrict 1199C, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, AFSCME, AFL-CIOPetition withdrawn
18 Apr 2024The Verland FoundationPolk, PANot describedNot namedPetition dismissed
10 Apr 2024Riverstreet ManorWilkes-Barre, PAhousekeeping aides and laundry aides9 eligibleRetail, Wholesale, Department Store Union, Local 262 (RWDSU/UFCW)The union won, 6 to 0
5 Mar 2024Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaKing of Prussia, PAbuilding systems engineers I and II and building systems senior engineers6 eligibleInternational Union of Operating Engineers Local 542, AFL-CIOThe union won, 6 to 0
23 Feb 2024Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PAbuilding systems engineers I and II and building systems senior engineers41 eligibleInternational Union of Operating Engineers, Local 542, AFL-CIOThe union won, 28 to 12
27 Oct 2023InnovAgePhiladelphia, PA* clinic and home care/in home services registered nurses17 eligibleService Employees International Union Local 668The union won, 13 to 1
27 Oct 2023InnovAgePhiladelphia, PAlicensed practical nurses6 eligibleService Employees International Union Local 668The union won, 5 to 1
22 May 2023GeisingerWilkes-Barre, PAlicensed practical nurses (LPNs) and technical employees334 eligibleService Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare PennsylvaniaThe union won, 213 to 35
24 Feb 2023UPMCNew Castle, PAskilled maintenance staff employees11 eligibleInternational Union of Operating Engineers, Local 95The union won, 8 to 3
25 Jan 2023UPMCAltoona, PANot describedInternational Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA)Petition withdrawn
4 Jan 2023UPMCAltoona, PAsecurity officers6 eligibleInternational Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA)No union, 4 to 2

Employers hiring in Pennsylvania with a petition

Healthcare union elections in Pennsylvania: common questions

Which hospitals and healthcare employers in Pennsylvania unionized recently?

Unions won 13 elections in Pennsylvania since Jan 2023 at employers hiring on this site, the latest: Penn State Health, (those in Hershey, PA (Teamsters Local Union No. 776 a/w International Brotherhood of Teamsters), filed 13 Apr 2026: the union won, 5 to 4; UPMC, registered nurses (RNs) in Pittsburgh, PA (SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania), filed 27 May 2025: the union won, 402 to 305; Main Line Health, skilled maintenance employees in Wynnewood, PA (International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 835), filed 19 Mar 2025: the union won, 14 to 10; St. Clair Hospital, plant operations department employees in Pittsburgh, PA (International Union of Operating Engineers Local 95), filed 7 Nov 2024: the union won, 22 to 5.

Which unions represent healthcare workers in Pennsylvania?

By the elections won since Jan 2023: Service Employees International Union Local 668 (2), Teamsters Local Union No. 776 a/w International Brotherhood of Teamsters (1), SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania (1) and International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 835 (1). Each won among one unit of workers at one site; older units are not in this window.

Are any union elections pending in Pennsylvania?

1: Pediatric Specialty Care, non-professional employees in Philadelphia, PA (District 1199C, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, AFSCME, AFL-CIO), filed 11 May 2026: voted 5 Jun 2026, not yet certified, 32 to 8.

Healthcare union elections in other states

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 Pennsylvania. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/healthcare-union-elections/pennsylvania

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