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‘We care deeply about our work, but this isn’t a therapeutic environment. It’s demoralizing…’ says nurse working at Center for Behavioral Health and Learning.
July 31, 2025 • 5 minutes to read
Academy president says recognition signifies power of nursing to transform health and enact positive outcomes.
July 10, 2025 • 1 minute to read
New Washington law will allow striking or locked-out workers to collect up to six weeks of unemployment benefits starting Jan. 2026.
July 10, 2025 • 3 minutes to read
The key issues are workplace violence, flexible scheduling, staffing incentives, and below-market wages.
July 7, 2025 • 1 minute to read
Help move nursing forward. Applications due by Aug. 10.
July 1, 2025 • 3 minutes to read
Washington’s 2025 session ended with new laws to protect nurses from workplace violence and support striking workers, plus a state budget that boosts health and education funding.
May 22, 2025 • 2 minutes to read
Bargaining team members tell nurses to vote yes!
May 19, 2025 • 3 minutes to read
To everyone who came through, thank you for standing with nurses and your community.
May 13, 2025 • 1 minute to read
Nurses are not on strike, but will hold info picket Thursday in solidarity.
WSNA argued that the employer’s conduct unlawfully intimidated workers and interfered with their protected rights.
April 16, 2025 • 4 minutes to read
The biggest issues are over health benefits, subpar wages, and a lack of respect.
April 15, 2025 • 3 minutes to read
The 2025 Washington State Nurses Convention April 30-May 2 offers nurses a chance to unite, strategize, and shape the future of our profession.
April 14, 2025 • 2 minutes to read
Ten standout moments show how Washington nurses expanded power, safety, and equity over two transformative years.
April 14, 2025 • 4 minutes to read
WSNA member Kyla Arama is part of a team transforming lives in Sierra Leone.
April 12, 2025 • 4 minutes to read
For many nurses at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital, the hospital cannot be trusted to follow its stated core values of respect, integrity, stewardship, excellence, collaboration, kindness, and joy.
March 14, 2025 • 3 minutes to read
Participants nationwide called on lawmakers to take a stand against cuts to the Department of Education and Medicaid outlined in the House’s budget resolution.
March 5, 2025 • 2 minutes to read
“It’s important to WSNA that workers aren’t discouraged from exercising their protected rights because of unlawful threats or intimidation.”
Providence nurses ratified new contracts Feb. 24, ending more than six weeks of strikes.
February 26, 2025 • 1 minute to read
Nurses with international experience get equal pay at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma.
February 11, 2025 • 7 minutes to read
The contract had many important firsts and a huge win for justice.
January 16, 2025 • 4 minutes to read
The strike came after more than a year of negotiations failed to produce an agreement over staffing levels, pay and benefits.
January 15, 2025 • 2 minutes to read
Nearly 200 people came together in solidarity to take on the issues facing nurses at UW Medicine Montlake, UW Medicine Northwest, and Seattle Children’s Hospital.
The primary issues are Providence’s unfair labor practices, dangerously understaffed hospitals, the ability to spend more time with patients, employee healthcare, and competitive wages and benefits.
January 6, 2025 • 1 minute to read
The nurses voted overwhelmingly in favor of the contract in a historic turnout.
December 17, 2024 • 2 minutes to read
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