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Nurses at Tacoma’s St. Joseph hospital picket over unsafe conditions

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TACOMA, Wash. — Nurses at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma are picketing Friday to demand better security and higher staffing levels.

There have been several negotiation meetings already, but the hospital and the nurses’ union have not reached a compromise.

As many as 1,200 nurses are expected to picket to get management to listen to their demands.

Nurses at Tacoma’s St. Joseph hospital picket over unsafe conditions

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