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A BILL TO AMEND THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT TO
EXTEND ITS COVERAGE AND PROTECTION TO EMPLOYEES
OF NONPROFIT HOSPITALS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

95-980 O

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,
APRIL 12 AND 19, 1973

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor
CARL D. PERKINS, Chairman

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1973

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COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman

FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey
JOHN H. DENT, Pennsylvania
DOMINICK V. DANIELS, New Jersey
JOHN BRADEMAS, Indiana
JAMES G. O'HARA, Michigan
AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California
WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan
PATSY T. MINK, Hawaii
LLOYD MEEDS, Washington
PHILLIP BURTON, California
JOSEPH M. GAYDOS, Pennsylvania
WILLIAM "BILL" CLAY, Missouri
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, New York
MARIO BIAGGI, New York
ELLA T. GRASSO, Connecticut
ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky
HERMAN BADILLO, New York
IKE ANDREWS, North Carolina
WILLIAM LEHMAN, Florida
JAIME BENITEZ, Puerto Rico

ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota
JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio
ALPHONZO BELL, California
JOHN N. ERLENBORN, Indiana
JOHN DELLENBACK, Oregon
MARVIN L. ESCH, Michigan

EDWIN D. ESHLEMAN, Pennsylvania
WILLIAM A. STEIGER, Wisconsin

EARL F. LANDGREBE, Indiana

ORVAL HANSEN, Idaho

EDWIN B. FORSYTHE, New Jersey

JACK F. KEMP, New York

PETER A. PEYSER, New York
DAVID TOWELL, Nevada

RONALD A. SARASIN, Connecticut
ROBERT J. HUBER, Michigan

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CONTENTS

Asher, Lester, general counsel, Service Employees' International

Union, accompanied by Harry Kurshenbaum and Richard E.

Murphy..

Godoff, Elliott, Director of Organization, National Union of Hospital
and Nursing Home Employees - -

Hargett, Charles E., American Nurses Association, accompanied by

Alice L. Ahmuty, R.N..

Hitt, David H., chief operating officer, Baylor University Medical
Center, accompanied by Clifton Elliott and Leo Gehrig--

Lane, Thomas, labor counsel, Pennsylvania Hospital Association,

accompanied by Thomas Vogt, James D. Newcomer and H. William

Butler.

Metzger, Norman, on behalf of the League of Voluntary Hospitals and

Homes of New York..

Painter, John, of the Hospital Council of the National Washington

Area, accompanied by Robert J. Hickey, counsel for the Hospital

Council Committee on Labor Relations_.

Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.:

American Society for Medical Technology, statement of
Asher, Lester, counsel, Service Employees International Union, state-
ment of

Austin, Sister, FACHA, administrator, Providence Hospital, Waco,
Tex., letter to Congressman W. R. Poage, dated April 19, 1973...

Best, Robert C., executive director, American Society of Radiologic

Technologists, Chicago, Ill., letter to Chairman Thompson, dated

April 20, 1973__

Biemiller, Andrew J., director, Department of Legislation, American

Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations,

letter to Chairman Thompson, dated April 24, 1973..

Bromberg, Michael D., director, Washington Bureau, Federation of

American Hospitals, statement on behalf of the association.

Butler, H. William, attorney, Detroit, Mich., representing the Mich-
igan Hospital Association:

Amendments to National Labor Relations Act proposed by
Michigan Hospital Association in lieu of amendment set forth
in H.R. 1236_
Statement of__

Communication Workers of America, statement of..

Davis, Hilton, general manager, legislative action, Chamber of Com-

merce of the United States, letter to Chairman Thompson, dated

April 26, 1973, enclosing statement of O. F. Wenzler__

Dorn, Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan, M.C., letter to Chairman Thomp-

son, dated April 30, 1973, enclosing statement of William L. Yates..

Hargett, Charles, R.N., American Nurses' Association:

Appendix 1.—The Nature of Hospital Organization......

Statement of...

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Harvey, Roy J., D.O., director, and Robert W. W. Oliver, Ph. D.,
executive director, American Osteopathic Association, letter to
Chairman Thompson, dated May 2, 1973..

Hitt, David H., chief operating officer, Baylor University Medical
Center, Dallas, Tex., statement of.

Kraus, Sister Irene, DC, president, the Catholic Hospital Association,
St. Louis, Mo., letter to Chairman Thompson, dated April 17,
1973, enclosing statement of CHA Board of Trustees.__.
Lane, Thomas, labor counsel, the Hospital Association of Pennsyl-
vania:

Statement on behalf of the association_

Text of Pennsylvania Senate Bill No. 1333..

Link, E. R., Jr., executive director, American Osteopathic Hospital
Association, letter to Chairman Thompson, dated April 27, 1973-
Lovett, Thomas E. pharmacist, Halliday's Apothecary, Inc., Jack-
sonville, Fla., letter from, dated April 17, 1973.

Ludwig, William E., director, legislation, public relations, Michigan
Nurses Association, letter to Hon. James G. O'Hara, M.C., dated
March 29, 1973__

Marshall, W. B., executive director, Greater Grand Rapids Hospital
Council, Inc., letter to Congressman O'Hara, dated April 17, 1973,
enclosing proposed amendments.

Mazzoli, Hon. Romano L., a Representative in Congress from the
State of Kentucky, statement of the Kentucky Hospital Association,
submitted by....

Metzger, Norman, vice president, personnel and Labor Relations,
Mount Sinai Medical Center:

Hospital Association of New York State and the Greater New
York Hospital Association, statement on behalf of---
League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York and the
Association of Hospital Personnel Administrators of Greater
New York, statement on behalf of

"Recognition, Negotiation, and Work Stoppages in Hospitals,"
an article in Monthly Labor Review, May 1971.

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titled__

"Toward a National Hospital Labor Relations Policy: An
Examination of Legislative Exemption," a publication en-

"Work Stoppages in the Hospital Industry: A Preliminary Profile
and Analysis," a publication entitled_

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Missouri Hospital Association position on H.R. 1236..
Newcomer, James D., vice president, Government relations, Ohio
Hospital Association, statement of...

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National Labor-Management Foundation, statement of
National Right To Work Committee, statement of the

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Oddis, Joseph A., executive director, American Society of Hospital
Pharmacists, letter to Chairman Thompson, dated April 27, 1973.
Painter, John, chairman, Committee on Labor Relations, Hospital
Council of the National Capital Area, Inc., statement of..
Riddle, Hasty W., executive vice president, Kentucky Hospital
Association, Louisville, Ky., letter to Chairman Perkins, dated
April 26, 1973_...

Southern States Industrial Council, statement of.

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Turner, J. C., general secretary-treasurer, International Union of
Operating Engineers, statement of.

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Tyson, Luther E., Ph. D., director, Department of Economic Life,
Board of Church and Society, the United Methodist Church, letter to
Chairman Thompson, dated April 11, 1973...

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Vogt, Thomas M., lawyer, representing the Minnesota Hospital
Association, statement of

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Whelan, William M., executive director, California Hospital Association, Sacramento, Calif., letter to Chairman Thompson, dated April 23, 1973

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Wilson, Henry T., associate counsel, Laborers' International Union of North America, statement of

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