Approximately 2,500 Duke registered nurses will be voting Oct. 13 and 14 on whether to elect Local 465 of the International Union of Operating Engineers to be their exclusive bargaining agent.
News media can set up outside the hospital until the voting session is complete.
However, reporters will not be permitted in the hospital or in the traffic circle while the voting is taking place. When voting has stopped at 9 p.m. Oct. 14, the votes will be counted by NLRB officials. This is done in public, and the news media may be present to cover the vote-counting process. Reporters also may interview any nurses who are on hand. Parking for the media is available in the parking deck across from the hospital's main entrance on Erwin Road.