PeaceHealth SW settles ULP charge

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center settled an unfair labor practice filed by the Washington State Nurses Association after the hospital called police to report the union’s representative and an off-duty nurse as trespassers in October 2023.

WSNA argued that the employer’s conduct unlawfully intimidated workers and interfered with their protected rights. The union also argued that PeaceHealth Southwest violated the law when it unilaterally limited access to the property for off-duty nurses and their union representatives and threatened a union member who accessed the while she was off the clock, telling her “things will not go well” for her if she didn’t leave the premises.