Resident physicians and fellows at Einstein Healthcare Network voted Wednesday to join the nation’s largest house staff union.
The residents and fellows voted, 365 to 35, to unionize under the Committee of Interns and Residents, which is part of the Service Employees International Union and represents more than 33,000 hospital staffers in the United States.
The vote comes amid a wider push toward unionization by doctors in training. In November, 3,000 residents and fellows at four Philadelphia hospitals, including Einstein, began mounting a unionization campaign, saying they wanted better working conditions and higher pay…