Nevada Service Employees Union v. National Labor Relations Board

Petitioners Nevada Service Employees Union, Local 1107 (the “Union”), and Valley Hospital Medical Center, Inc. (“Valley Hospital”) seek review of a final order of the respondent National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”), in which the Board found that Valley Hospital violated sections 8(a)(1) and (3) of the National Labor Relations Act (the “NLRA”) by discharging one of its employees, registered nurse and union steward Joan Wells, for criticizing Valley Hospital’s nurse workloads. The Hospital contends that Nurse Wells’s complaints were not protected by the *785 NLRA, and the Union contends that the Board abused its discretion by refusing to order rescission of Valley Hospital’s Communication Policy or to order electronic dissemination of the notice of violation.

The Board cross-petitions for enforcement of its order.

This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 29 U.S.C. §§ 160 (e) and (f). We deny the petitions for review and grant the Board’s petition for enforcement.

I.

Nurse Wells was terminated by Valley Hospital because of three statements she made regarding problems with staffing levels at Valley Hospital. The parties do not dispute that the statements were related to an…