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MEDIA RELEASE: Providence Kadlec nurses vote to authorize strike

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RICHLAND, Wash – After two days of voting, Kadlec members of the Washington State Nurses Association voted by an overwhelming majority to authorize a strike.

October 31, 2019

MEDIA RELEASE: Providence Sacred Heart nurses vote to authorize strike

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SPOKANE, Wash – After two days of voting, Sacred Heart members of the Washington State Nurses Association voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike.

October 26, 2019

State cites and fines St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma for serious safety violations

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The state Department of Labor and Industries on April 11 cited and fined St. Joseph Medical Center Tacoma for safety violations related to a series of attacks on nurses at the hospital. L&I’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health launched an investigation at the request of WSNA after a patient in the psychiatric unit…

April 26, 2019

MEDIA ADVISORY: Nurses and Patients from St. Joe’s Tacoma picket Thursday

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After seven months and 12 bargaining sessions, WSNA and St. Joe’s still haven’t reached a contract agreement that ensures safe staffing, safe nurses and safe patients. The registered nurses at St. Joe’s are taking their concerns about nurse staffing and safe patient care to the community they serve.

March 19, 2019

MEDIA BACKGROUND: St. Joseph Medical Center bargaining

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WSNA-represented registered nurses at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma have been in contract negotiations for seven months. WSNA and St. Joe’s have held 12 negotiating sessions to date, the last two with a federal mediator. The 13thsession is scheduled for March 22.

March 19, 2019

Hundreds in Spokane Demonstrating For Nurse and Patient Safety at Providence Sacred Heart

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Nurses say it is time for Providence Sacred Heart to put nurse and patient safety before corporate profits. That’s why hundreds of registered nurses, patients and supporters are rallying together in the cold and calling on Providence to listen to Sacred Heart nurses.

February 25, 2019