National Union of Healthcare Workers v. Childrens Hospital & Research Center at Oakland

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9

NATIONAL UNION OF HEALTHCARE

10 WORKERS, Case No. 25-cv- 04128-RS

11 Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

12 v. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

13 CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH

CENTER AT OAKLAND,

14 Defendant. 15 16 I. INTRODUCTION 17 Defendant Children’s Hospital & Research Center at Oakland (“the Hospital”) owns and 18 operates a hospital in Oakland, CA, that specializes in pediatric care. In 2013, the Hospital and 19 University of California San Francisco (“UCSF”) entered into an “Affiliation Agreement” for the 20 stated purpose of developing “an integrated healthcare delivery system under the UCSF name to 21 improve the quality of healthcare in Northern California.” Since that time, the Hospital has been 22 known as “UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland.” 23 Beginning in the year prior to the formation of the Affiliation Agreement, plaintiff 24 National Union of Healthcare Workers (“the Union”) represented one bargaining unit of…