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Legislative Session 2023: We’re united to advocate for what we need as healthcare workers
The 2023 Washington state legislative session is underway! This is a critical time to advocate for legislation that progresses what we as healthcare workers need for ourselves and for quality patient care. This year, we’re fighting for: Safe staffing for our safety...
Nurse Alliance CEU Opportunity: December 7
Join nurses across care settings from all over the country to learn more about how SEIU members are addressing issues central to our nation’s care crisis, including short staffing and moral injury from job-induced trauma and burnout. To reach as many SEIU nurses as...
THURSDAY: Healthcare workers to picket at St. Elizabeth and St. Anne Hospitals
More than 400 healthcare workers at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Enumclaw and St. Anne Hospital in Burien, including nurses, service workers and techs, will hold joint informational pickets Thursday.
Unions Win Order Against MultiCare Payroll Deductions
Last month, a judge in King County Superior Court handed down an order that said MultiCare cannot deduct money from workers who were temporarily overpaid without an express agreement from the individual employee. The alleged overpayments related to an extended outage of the employer’s timekeeping system.
We are 1199NW, and we VOTE!
As healthcare workers, we put our lives on the line to provide for our families and care for our communities during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and we deserve to be represented by legislators who honor that sacrifice and stand with working families, not corporate interests.
Spooky season strength: We’re united and winning!
This month, healthcare workers at UW Medical Center-Northwest and Harborview Medical Center ratified a contract with UW Medicine. Management came to us requesting to bargain an economic reopener to help the staffing crisis in our hospitals, and we fought and won a...