Wilson C N
Healthc Financ Manage. 1985 Aug;39(8):30-5.
With the enactment of the 1974 amendments to the National Labor Relations Act, employees in not-for-profit hospitals have more freedom to organize, form unions, and bargain collectively. As a result, union activity in the hospital field has greatly increased in the last 10 years. How does unionization affect hospital wages and ultimately healthcare costs? Studies indicate an approximately 8.8 percent wage increase in hospital occupations as a whole, resulting from collective bargaining in hospitals. If unionization can affect hospital wages to this extent, financial managers must be aware of the possible implications for their organizations.
随着1974年对《全国劳动关系法》的修订法案颁布，非营利性医院的员工在组织工会、组建工会以及进行集体谈判方面拥有了更多自由。因此，在过去十年中，医院领域的工会活动大幅增加。工会化如何影响医院工资以及最终的医疗成本呢？研究表明，医院通过集体谈判，整体医院职业的工资提高了约8.8%。如果工会化能在如此程度上影响医院工资，财务经理必须意识到这对其组织可能产生的影响。
