Over 400 physicians from Delaware’s ChristianaCare move to unionize

Over 400 physicians from Delaware’s ChristianaCare move to unionize 
Portside; by Jennifer Henderson / MedPageToday; 5/28/24 
More than 400 physicians from Delaware's Christiana Hospital, Wilmington Hospital, and Middletown Free-standing Emergency Department -- all part of the ChristianaCare health system -- filed to unionize with Doctors Council SEIU Local 10MD. "If successful, this will be the first physician union in Delaware and the first union of any kind at ChristianaCare," Doctors Council SEIU said in an announcement of the filing, which pointed to the ongoing corporatization of medicine as driving the physicians' efforts. Some of the specific concerns that physicians detailed in regard to their filing included understaffing and inadequate resources, corporate influence on medical decision making, limited input in matters affecting patient care and physician safety and autonomy, and moral injury caused by pressure to place profit over patients. 
Editor's Note: These "specific concerns" reflect consistent themes with other, recent healthcare unionization and strikes throughout the nation, with specific factors relevant to the scope of the professionals' practice (e.g., physicians vs. nurses).