> So... A privatized hospital, the epitome of US free market radicalism, is suing to prevent their workers from freely participating in the local work market?

I guess the real mistake ThedaCare made was not monopolizing the local market. If all local medical services were handled under ThedaCare's roof, they wouldn't have to worry about this sort of competitive pressure. Sure they'd still need to worry about people leaving the local area for a new job, but that's enough to help suppress wages.

I'm sure that hospital system consolidation will continue make such legal embarrassment unnecessary in the future.