Unions are on the rise in Washington — with good reason
A new report details how union members in Washington state earn significantly higher wages and are more likely to get health care and retirement benefits than their non-union counterparts.
CHI Franciscan St. Joseph Medical Center – Tacoma
WSNA, SEIU 1199NW, UFCW21 win Mother Jones Organizational Award from State Labor Council
WSNA won the Mother Jones Organizational Award on July 26 at the annual Washington State Labor Council convention for our work on rest breaks legislation. Co-recipients were SEIU Healthcare 1199NW and UFCW21.
Rally for patients before profits at Providence headquarters
WSNA members from Sacred Heart and Kadlec joined hundreds of outraged nurses, health care workers, state labor leaders, public officials and union activists from across Washington on July 26 to hold a “Rally for Patients Before Profits” at Providence corporate headquarters.
Interview with Matthew McGuire, St. Joe’s RN, on why he has “no reservations” recommending the TA
Bargaining team member Matthew McGuire: "This TA gives us a strong contract that I have no reservations recommending."
Sometimes walking is the last option to improve patient care
St. Joseph’s-Tacoma nurses and others consider their options in light of administrative inaction.
Cutting corners on RN benefits and working conditions proves costly for St. Joseph Medical Center-Tacoma
Nurse turnover at SJMC is, for lack of a better word, obscene, and incredibly costly.According to WSNA membership data, SJMC turned over 276 nurses in 2017, and 248 in 2018. This comes out to a turnover rate of 24.2% and 20.9% each year, respectively – rates much higher than national averages.
Member post: SJMC nurses demand better
Why nurses demand and deserve better than what St. Joseph Medical Center-Tacoma has offered.
St. Joseph’s Tacoma nurses fight for themselves and their patients
As nurses across the country unite and advocate for their profession, St. Joseph’s Tacoma nurses are doing the same for themselves and their patients as they fight the good fight for safe staffing – and against incredibly unsafe, management mandated “alternative staffing.”
Welcome CHI Rehab Hospital RNs
Congratulations for the recent union representation election win!
Hundreds in Spokane demonstrating for nurse and patient safety at Providence Sacred Heart
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.