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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.

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, mental health technicians, unit secretaries, and housekeeping staff at Tacoma’s Wellfound Behavioral Health voted Thursday to join SEIU Healthcare 1199NW.

Today a coalition of healthcare workers launched the WA Safe + Healthy campaign calling on Washington legislators to pass safe staffing standards that protect healthcare workers from dangerously high patient loads.

Healthcare workers at Cascade Behavioral Health voted overwhelmingly to ratify collective bargaining agreements that raise the bar on quality care and safety standards.

The healthcare workers at Cascade Behavioral Health who declared a safety strike in August returned to their facility on Monday, November 8, after securing a tentative agreement with Cascade.