Workers' interest in unionization is the highest it has been in decades. The healthcare industry is feeling the effects of such labor actions, and tensions can run high as systems seek to avoid strikes.  

One anonymous hospital administrator recently expressed an uncommon opinion for a midlevel manager: She said she is pro-union, according to a June 11 opinion piece published in MedPage Today.

The article was written by Harry Severance, MD — an adjunct assistant professor in the department of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C. — and describes a conversation Dr. Severance had with this early-career administrator.