Nurses at Concord Hospital campuses in Laconia, Franklin first in state to unionize
LACONIA — Nurses at the Laconia and Franklin campuses of Concord Hospital Health System are the first to vote in favor of forming a union at a private hospital in New Hampshire. In a tight vote conducted Thursday morning and afternoon, nurses voted in favor of unionizing. “There was some of what you would typically see in an election,” Gulla said. “There were tactics that they did.” Nurses filed for an election on July 31, after a period of about two months of organizing, whereby nurses signed