A Bryn Mawr nursing and rehabilitation facility must restore union job-posting practices and hand over years of withheld staffing data after the National Labor Relations Board issued a default judgment against it on Friday.
The three-member NLRB panel unanimously ruled against Bles Healthcare Management, LLC, which operates Rosemont Care and Rehabilitation Center, after the company failed to respond to a consolidated complaint, failed to answer a show-cause order and never participated in its own defense. The company said nothing.
Under federal labor law, that silence means every allegation in the complaint is deemed admitted as true.
What the facility did
The NLRB decision found that starting in early May 2024, Rosemont stopped posting vacant certified nursing assistant positions without notifying SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania or bargaining over the change. The union has represented licensed practical nurses, restorative nurses and service and maintenance employees at the facility since approximately 2005, most recently under a collective bargaining agreement that ran through June 2025 and was extended to May 31, 2026.
Separately, after the union submitted a detailed information request on April 1, 2025, covering staffing demographics, turnover data, overtime records, health insurance details, OSHA safety logs and workplace policies, the facility either refused outright or delayed providing the information for up to eight months.
Both actions violated Section 8(a)(5) and (1) of the National Labor Relations Act, which requires employers to bargain in good faith with a certified union.
The remedy
The Board ordered Bles Healthcare to:
- Rescind the unilateral change to CNA job-posting practices
- Furnish all outstanding requested information to the union
- Bargain with SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania before making future changes to employees' terms and conditions
- Post a notice describing the violations and workers' rights for 60 consecutive days, both physically at the facility and electronically
Facility administrator Yitzi Rosenstock is named in the decision as a supervisor and agent of the respondent.
Timeline
SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania first filed its charge on June 26, 2024. A second charge followed on June 3, 2025. The NLRB's general counsel issued a consolidated complaint on May 15, 2026, and filed a motion for default judgment on June 18 after Bles Healthcare never responded.
The decision, reported by NLRB Edge and On the Labor Front, does not establish new legal precedent because it was resolved through procedural default rather than a hearing on the merits.
SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania represents tens of thousands of nurses and healthcare workers statewide. More than 30 Pennsylvania nursing homes have closed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing to growing waitlists and labor tensions in the long-term care sector.
What's next
Bles Healthcare must file a sworn compliance certification with the NLRB's Region 04 director within 21 days of receiving the order. The 60-day employee notice period begins once the facility posts the required notice at its Bryn Mawr location.
