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Nursing homes, visiting nurses ’
associations, and related
facilities associations
$ 100,000 total annual volume of business
Regarded as single employer in that
annual business of all association
members is totaled to determine
whether any of the standards apply
Enterprises in the Territories and the
District of Columbia
Jurisdictional standards apply in the
Territories; all businesses in the District
of Columbia come under National
Labor Relations Board jurisdiction
National defense Jurisdiction is asserted over all
enterprises affecting commerce when
their operations have a substantial
impact on national defense, whether or
not the enterprises satisfy any
other standard
Collective Bargaining in Nonprofi t Organizations
Originally the NLRB excluded nonprofi t employers from NLRA coverage.
However, in the 1970s, the board asserted jurisdiction over nonprofi ts that
had a “ massive impact on interstate commerce ” or those that met certain
fi nancial criteria, such as nursing homes with revenue over $ 100,000, visit-
ing nurses ’ associations, and similar facilities as applied to profi t - making
nursing homes (Drexel Homes, 1970).
In August 1974, Congress amended the LMRA to bring nonprofi t
health care institutions under the law ’ s coverage. At that time, Congress
added Section 2(14), which defi nes “ health care institutions ” to include
hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care facilities without regard
for whether they are operated for profi t. The health care amendments
indicated that Congress had no objection to bringing nonprofi t employers
under federal labor law.
Two years later, in 1976, the NLRB began to treat nonprofi t and chari-
table institutions the same way it treated businesses operated for profi t.
If a nonprofi t employer was suffi ciently involved in the interstate fl ow of
