Service Employees' International Union, Local No. 22 v. Roseville Community Hospital

Appellant (Service Employees’ International Union, Local No. 22. AFL-CIO) filed a petition for writ of mandate on July 16, 1969, seeking to compel the Roseville Community Hospital to meet, confer and negotiate with petitioner pursuant to the provisions of Government Code section 3500 et seq. The hospital filed a motion for summary judgment and both sides submitted affidavits. The trial court granted the motion and appellant Union appeals, contending:

Facts

On November 23, 1950, the City of Roseville contracted with Walter J. Mezger, a qualified and experienced hospital consultant, to oversee the designing, planning, building, equipping and placing in operation a hospital in the city.

The hospital was completed, and on January 22, 1958, an agreement for the operation of a municipal hospital was entered into by the City of Roseville and the Roseville District Hospital, a nonprofit hospital corporation (hereafter “corporation”) in conformity with section 37654, Government Code, which provides: “The legislative body [of the City] may maintain the hospital or provide for its operation and maintenance by tenants. The legislative body may enter into leases of all or any part…