Published September 23, 2026 at 3:50 PM EDT

On Thursday morning, a federal agency could weigh in on a nurses’ strike at a mid-Michigan hospital.

For more than a year, nurses have been walking a picket line outside Henry Ford Genesys hospital near Flint.

The strike has dragged on as the teamsters union and hospital negotiators have been unable to resolve disagreements over nurse to patient ratios and other issues.

Earlier this month, some of the unionized nurses filed a petition to decertify the union. Working with a national Right to Work group, they’re asking for a secret ballot election on whether the nurses want the Teamsters to continue representing them. 
The union is challenging the petition. 

If the NLRB agrees, an election could take place as soon as next month.