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Union Stories
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RELEASE: WA Hospital Workers Filed Record Workplace Safety Complaints in 2021
Healthcare workers filed 8,649 safety complaint forms in 2021. These forms detail staffing complaints and violations, inadequate equipment, and patient and staff safety concerns, and add to the urgency for passing safe staffing standards in Olympia this session.
Lawmakers Introduce Healthcare Safe Staffing Standards Legislation
Today members of the WA Safe + Healthy coalition applaud legislative champions for introducing bipartisan legislation to create new safe staffing standards for hospitals in Washington.
Nurses at Tacoma’s Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital form first-ever union
Nurses, mental health technicians, unit secretaries, and housekeeping staff at Tacoma’s Wellfound Behavioral Health voted Thursday to join SEIU Healthcare 1199NW.
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