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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.

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.

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.

By harnessing our union strength, taking action together, and coming to the bargaining table ready to collaborate with management for an agreement that recruits and retains, we won a groundbreaking economic package at Providence Swedish. We won meaningful...