Providence nurses, health care workers pause plans for strike

Published by KREM 2 on 1/3/20 (Source)

SPOKANE, Wash. — Unions representing nurses and other health care workers in Washington state announced on Friday morning that they have paused plans to strike.

The three unions representing 13,000 Providence health care workers at 13 hospitals statewide, including Sacred Heart and Holy Family in Spokane, say parties have "made significant progress on key issues" and will continue bargaining on respective contracts.


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