UnityPoint union vote postponed indefinitely

Catch up quick: Nurse organizers at Methodist, Methodist West, Blank and Lutheran hospitals began unionization efforts last year.

• They collected enough signatures to call for a vote that was scheduled to take place Sunday through Wednesday of next week.

State of play: The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which oversees the election, notified UnityPoint of the delay on Wednesday, according to an unsigned statement UnityPoint provided to Axios.

• The agency's website also states that elections will be delayed until funding is restored.
• "The process leading up to the election has been stressful and time consuming for all involved and everyone was looking forward to a resolution," UnityPoint said in its statement.