More than 1,900 Sacred Heart nurses vote to authorize strike

SPOKANE, Wash. — More than 1,900 Sacred Heart members of the Washington State Nurses Associ­a­tion voted to autho­rize a strike Thursday and Friday, according to a release by the Washington State Nurses Association.

Voting lasted two days, and in that time, Sacred Heart nurses overwhelming voted in favor of a strike if the Washington State Nurses Associ­a­tion and Provi­dence cannot agree on a new contact.