by eedmudson | Feb 22, 2017 | Press Center
Every patient needs safe care, but without the right staffing and with a lack of rest and meal breaks, nurses and healthcare workers provide care in unsafe conditions. That’s why we’re working with lawmakers to strengthen protections for us and our patients. The House...
by eedmudson | Feb 1, 2017 | Nurse Alliance, Press Center
In a show of escalating resistance to repealing the Affordable Care Act, SEIU Healthcare 1199NW nurses, President Diane Sosne RN, and Tacoma minister Pastor Gregory Christopher joined with workers from across the country to flood Capitol Hill Tuesday to protest...
by eedmudson | Jan 29, 2017 | Press Center
Hundreds of nurses and healthcare workers in our union have already made the call to protect care for 30 million Americans – it only takes a minute to join in. From Yakima, Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma, and to Olympia, we’re speaking up. The new Congress and Trump...
by juliep | Jan 29, 2017 | Press Center
Trump’s Muslim Ban, which is proving to have immediate discriminatory effects ranging from tearing families apart, locking dual citizens out of their home nation, and even forcing children to remain in war zones, is an outrage and an insult to the values that we as...
by juliep | Jan 7, 2017 | Press Center
Our country is divided – by ideology, by class, by race, by an urban/rural divide, and in many, many other ways. These divisions have been destructive to working people. Division is a tactic management uses to try keep us from improving standards. And now under a...
by eedmudson | Dec 19, 2016 | Press Center
Gov. Inslee proposes investments in state patients and community behavioral healthcare Since the recession we’ve seen cuts to our state hospitals, psychiatric care, housing, substance abuse, and community resources. For years we’ve spoken out about the need to fund...
