Press Center Archives - SEIU Healthcare 1199NW

RELEASE: WA Hospital Workers Filed Record Workplace Safety Complaints in 2021

by Communications Staff | Jan 13, 2022 | Press Center

New Annual Totals Paired with Recent Polls Inform Urgency for Safe Staffing Standard Legislation SEATTLE – Newly totaled data from 2021 show Washington healthcare workers filed a record number of workplace safety complaint forms, adding new context to the increasingly...

Lawmakers Introduce Healthcare Safe Staffing Standards Legislation

by Communications Staff | Jan 10, 2022 | Press Center

FOR RELEASE: Jan. 10, 2021 Lawmakers Introduce Healthcare Safe Staffing Standards Legislation SB 5751/HB 1868 would protect healthcare workers, improve care for patients, and begin to address the staffing crisis SEATTLE – Today members of the WA Safe + Healthy...

Nurses at Tacoma’s Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital form first-ever union

by Communications Staff | Dec 17, 2021 | Press Center

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact on behalf of SEIU Healthcare 1199NW: Libby Smelker, Libby@617mediagroup.com, (617) 485-4801 Focused on providing quality patient care, nurses at Tacoma’s Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital form first-ever union Healthcare workers at the...

Healthcare Workers Launch Campaign for Safe Staffing Legislation

by Communications Staff | Dec 13, 2021 | Press Center

FOR RELEASE: Dec. 13, 2021 Healthcare Workers Launch Campaign for Safe Staffing Legislation As half of healthcare workers report they’re likely to quit, new coalition campaign calls on lawmakers to address the statewide hospital staffing crisis SEATTLE – Today a...

Striking caregivers win historic security and staffing guarantees at Cascade Behavioral Health

by Communications Staff | Nov 11, 2021 | Press Center

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 In a resounding victory for patient care and worker safety, striking caregivers win historic security and staffing guarantees at Cascade Behavioral Health Cascade owned by for-profit behavioral healthcare chain...

Healthcare workers at Cascade Behavioral Health return to work, end three-month safety strike after winning demands

by Communications Staff | Nov 9, 2021 | Press Center

PRESS RELEASE FOR: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 Healthcare workers at Cascade Behavioral Health return to work, end three-month safety strike after winning demands Dozens of workers rally, walk in to work for the first time since a violent incident that left 11 injured...