LCMC Health CEO Greg Feirn has squandered over a million dollars in attempts to prevent University Medical Center (UMC) nurses from forming a democratically elected union. According to the Department of Labor, in just a two-month period in 2023, LCMC spent $1.4 million on anti-union consultants to stop UMC nurses from organizing. Despite a barrage of round-the-clock captive audience meetings and misinformation, UMC nurses overwhelmingly voted to unionize at the end of 2023.

Over the past 15 years, LCMC Health has grown from just a single children’s hospital to the second largest hospital system in the greater New Orleans area. This expansion has been very lucrative for LCMC. During this time, LCMC has made over $1 billion in net income. 

For almost 300 years, Charity Hospital served the people of New Orleans, providing accessible, quality health care, especially for underinsured and low-income patients.

Nurses at UMC began negotiating their first contract with LCMC Health in March 2024, shortly after their historic union victory in December 2023. Short staffing, rampant workplace violence, and lackluster benefits led UMC nurses to vote overwhelmingly to unionize, becoming the first nurses to do so at a private hospital in Louisiana.

Congress has now passed their budget bill that would slash over $1 trillion from Medicaid and Medicare. These cuts stand to threaten the 72 million people who rely on Medicaid coverage and the funding of our most vulnerable hospitals in rural and underserved communities. We’re organizing alongside our patients to speak out and take action to protect our vital public health agencies before it’s too late!