Nurses at Doctors unionize

SARASOTA — Registered nurses at Doctors Hospital of Sarasota will join National Nurses Organizing Committee-Florida following a 91 to 52 vote held Monday night.

Doctors is the 13th hospital in the state to join NNOC-Florida, and the 10th hospital under the corporate management of Hospital Corp. of America (HCA), a Nashville-based company.

The 200 registered nurses at Doctors will give NNOC-Florida a statewide membership of 5,000 workers. NNOC-Florida is an affiliate of National Nurses United, which represents 160,000 registered nurses across the country.