PeaceHealth nurses announce plan to picket outside hospital April 18

Nurses at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver will picket outside the hospital April 18.

Employees represented by the Washington State Nurses Association will picket 6-9 a.m. and 4-7 p.m. at 400 N.E. Mother Joseph Place.

The bargaining unit, which includes 1,465 nurses, is negotiating with the hospital for a new three-year contract. According to a news release from the union, “management has not agreed to the association’s proposed workplace protections, staffing commitments or market-rate wages.”